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Let 
be a real vector space (e.g., the real continuous functions 
on a closed interval 
, two-dimensional Euclidean space 
, the twice differentiable real functions 
on 
, etc.). Then 
is a real subspace of 
if 
is a subset of 
and, for every 
, 
and 
(the reals),
and 
. Let 
be a homogeneous system of linear equations in 
, ..., 
. Then the subset 
of 
which consists of all solutions of the system 
is a subspace of 
.
More generally, let 
be a field with 
, where 
is prime, and let 
denote the 
-dimensional vector space over
. The number of 
-D linear subspaces of 
is
 |
(1) |
|---|
where this is the _q_-binomial coefficient(Aigner 1979, Exton 1983). The asymptotic limit is
![N(F_(q,n))={c_eq^(n^2/4)[1+o(1)] for n even; c_oq^(n^2/4)[1+o(1)] for n odd,](http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/Subspace/NumberedEquation2.svg) |
(2) |
|---|
where
(Finch 2003), where 
is a Jacobi theta function and 
is a _q_-Pochhammer symbol. The case 
gives the _q_-analog of the Wallis formula.
See also
_q_-Binomial Coefficient, Subfield, Submanifold Explore this topic in the MathWorld classroom
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References
Aigner, M. Combinatorial Theory. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1979.Exton, H. _q_-Hypergeometric Functions and Applications. New York: Halstead Press, 1983.Finch, S. R. "Lengyel's Constant." Mathematical Constants. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, pp. 316-321, 2003.
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