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The notion of vector space can be defined over any field \(\mathbb K\). We shall mainly consider the case \(\mathbb K\,=\,\mathbb R\) and briefly mention the case \(\mathbb K\,=\,\mathbb C\). Starting from our exposition, it is straightforward to generalise to any field.
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Landi, G., Zampini, A. (2018). Vector Spaces. In: Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry for Physical Sciences. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78361-1_2
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