Why is the set of all Real Upper Triangular Square matrices not a vector space?

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My textbook indicates that the set of all upper triangular n ✕ n matrices is a real vector space, but the set of all upper triangular square matrices is not a real vector space.



Why is there a difference between the two? Shouldn't the upper triangular square matrix set also be a vector space?




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  • I did. I used the exact same phrasing of the question from the online course I'm taking. I attached pictures to demonstrate my point.
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  • did the pictures provide any clarity or still a typo?
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  • Perfect! thank you for clarification
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  • Pjonin gave a good explanation, of course for the second one if we are dealing with square matrices of different size then "the set of all upper triangular square matrices is not a real vector space" is true of course!
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My textbook indicates that the set of all upper triangular n ✕ n matrices is a real vector space, but the set of all upper triangular square matrices is not a real vector space.



Why is there a difference between the two? Shouldn't the upper triangular square matrix set also be a vector space?




linear-algebra matrices vector-spaces




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  • I did. I used the exact same phrasing of the question from the online course I'm taking. I attached pictures to demonstrate my point.
    – Shayan Hemmati
    Aug 6 at 21:16










  • did the pictures provide any clarity or still a typo?
    – Shayan Hemmati
    Aug 6 at 21:19










  • Perfect! thank you for clarification
    – Shayan Hemmati
    Aug 6 at 21:23










  • Pjonin gave a good explanation, of course for the second one if we are dealing with square matrices of different size then "the set of all upper triangular square matrices is not a real vector space" is true of course!
    – gimusi
    Aug 6 at 21:28












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My textbook indicates that the set of all upper triangular n ✕ n matrices is a real vector space, but the set of all upper triangular square matrices is not a real vector space.



Why is there a difference between the two? Shouldn't the upper triangular square matrix set also be a vector space?




linear-algebra matrices vector-spaces




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My textbook indicates that the set of all upper triangular n ✕ n matrices is a real vector space, but the set of all upper triangular square matrices is not a real vector space.



Why is there a difference between the two? Shouldn't the upper triangular square matrix set also be a vector space?





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  • I did. I used the exact same phrasing of the question from the online course I'm taking. I attached pictures to demonstrate my point.
    – Shayan Hemmati
    Aug 6 at 21:16










  • did the pictures provide any clarity or still a typo?
    – Shayan Hemmati
    Aug 6 at 21:19










  • Perfect! thank you for clarification
    – Shayan Hemmati
    Aug 6 at 21:23










  • Pjonin gave a good explanation, of course for the second one if we are dealing with square matrices of different size then "the set of all upper triangular square matrices is not a real vector space" is true of course!
    – gimusi
    Aug 6 at 21:28
















  • I did. I used the exact same phrasing of the question from the online course I'm taking. I attached pictures to demonstrate my point.
    – Shayan Hemmati
    Aug 6 at 21:16










  • did the pictures provide any clarity or still a typo?
    – Shayan Hemmati
    Aug 6 at 21:19










  • Perfect! thank you for clarification
    – Shayan Hemmati
    Aug 6 at 21:23










  • Pjonin gave a good explanation, of course for the second one if we are dealing with square matrices of different size then "the set of all upper triangular square matrices is not a real vector space" is true of course!
    – gimusi
    Aug 6 at 21:28















I did. I used the exact same phrasing of the question from the online course I'm taking. I attached pictures to demonstrate my point.
– Shayan Hemmati
Aug 6 at 21:16




I did. I used the exact same phrasing of the question from the online course I'm taking. I attached pictures to demonstrate my point.
– Shayan Hemmati
Aug 6 at 21:16












did the pictures provide any clarity or still a typo?
– Shayan Hemmati
Aug 6 at 21:19




did the pictures provide any clarity or still a typo?
– Shayan Hemmati
Aug 6 at 21:19












Perfect! thank you for clarification
– Shayan Hemmati
Aug 6 at 21:23




Perfect! thank you for clarification
– Shayan Hemmati
Aug 6 at 21:23












Pjonin gave a good explanation, of course for the second one if we are dealing with square matrices of different size then "the set of all upper triangular square matrices is not a real vector space" is true of course!
– gimusi
Aug 6 at 21:28




Pjonin gave a good explanation, of course for the second one if we are dealing with square matrices of different size then "the set of all upper triangular square matrices is not a real vector space" is true of course!
– gimusi
Aug 6 at 21:28










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I guess what they mean is that you need to precise that they must be the same size and that you can’t have a vectorial space of matrices of size p and of size n.



But that’s quite unclear.






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  • Yes of course! I did'n consider that but that must be the reason.
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I guess what they mean is that you need to precise that they must be the same size and that you can’t have a vectorial space of matrices of size p and of size n.



But that’s quite unclear.






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  • Yes of course! I did'n consider that but that must be the reason.
    – gimusi
    Aug 6 at 21:26














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I guess what they mean is that you need to precise that they must be the same size and that you can’t have a vectorial space of matrices of size p and of size n.



But that’s quite unclear.






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  • Yes of course! I did'n consider that but that must be the reason.
    – gimusi
    Aug 6 at 21:26












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I guess what they mean is that you need to precise that they must be the same size and that you can’t have a vectorial space of matrices of size p and of size n.



But that’s quite unclear.






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I guess what they mean is that you need to precise that they must be the same size and that you can’t have a vectorial space of matrices of size p and of size n.



But that’s quite unclear.







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  • Yes of course! I did'n consider that but that must be the reason.
    – gimusi
    Aug 6 at 21:26
















  • Yes of course! I did'n consider that but that must be the reason.
    – gimusi
    Aug 6 at 21:26















Yes of course! I did'n consider that but that must be the reason.
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