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Vector space/K/Inner product/Finite-dimensional/Orthogonal complement/Structural properties/Fact

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Let V be a 𝕂-vector space, endowed with an inner product ⟨−,−⟩. Then the following statements hold.

  1. For a linear subspace U⊆U′⊆V, we have
    U⊥⊇U'⊥.
  2. We have 0⊥=V and V⊥=0.
  3. Let V be finite-dimensional. Then we have
    (U⊥)⊥=U.
  4. Let V be finite-dimensional. Then we have
    dimK(U⊥)=dimK(V)−dimK(U).