symmetric set
Definition A subset of a group is said to be symmetric if , where . In other , is symmetric if whenever .
If is a subset of a vector space, then is said to be symmetric if it is symmetric with respect to the additive group
structure
of the vector space; that is, if [1].
0.0.1 Examples
- 1.
In , examples of symmetric sets areintervals of the type with , and the sets and .
- 2.
Any vector subspace in a vector space is a symmetric set.
- 3.
If is any subset of a group, then and are symmetric sets.
References
- 1 R. Cristescu, Topological vector spaces
,Noordhoff International Publishing, 1977.
- 2 W. Rudin, Functional Analysis
,McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1973.