Problem 70: $V= P_2$, and S is the subset of $P_2$ consisting of all polynomials of the form $p(x) = ax^2 + 1$
Problem 70: $V= P_2$, and S is the subset of $P_2$ consisting of all polynomials of the form $p(x) = ax^2 + 1$. Determine whether it is a subspace of the given vector space $\V$.
Solution:
$S = \{p \in P_2 : p(x) = ax^2 + 1, a \in \R\}$.
Note that S$ \ne \varnothing$ ; since $p(x) = 0$ belongs to $S$.
Closure under Addition:
Let $p, q \in S$. Then for some $a_1, a_2 \in \R$,
$p(x) = a_1x^2 + 1$ and $q(x) = a_2x^2 + 1$.
Hence,
$(p + q)(x) = p(x) + q(x) = (a_1 + a_2)x^2 + 1 + 1 = ax^2 + 2$,
where $a = a_1 + a_2$ , so that S is not closed under addition.
Therefore S is NOT a subspace of $P_2$
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