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title: "additive inverse is unique in a vector space"
type: concept
source: https://www.jemoka.com/posts/kbhadditive_inverse_is_unique_in_a_vector_space/
confidence: high
status: active
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Take a vector \(v \in V\) and additive inverses \(a,b \in V\).
\begin{equation} a+0 = a \end{equation}
defn. of additive identity
\begin{equation} a+(v+b) = a \end{equation}
defn. of additive inverse
\begin{equation} (a+v)+b = a \end{equation}
associativity
\begin{equation} 0+b = a \end{equation}
defn. of additive inverse
\begin{equation} b=a\ \blacksquare \end{equation}
