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Generating Exotic-Looking Vector Spaces

by Michael A. Carchidi (QUANTICS, Inc.)

This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
September, 1998

Subject classification(s): Algebra and Number Theory | Linear Algebra | Vector Spaces
Applicable Course(s): 3.8 Linear/Matrix Algebra | 4.21 Senior Seminar / Independent Study in Math

This note describes how to generate exercises allowing students to study nonstandard operations on familiar objects.


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Capsule Course Topic(s):
Linear Algebra | Vector Spaces, Subspaces
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