# Math Help - Subspace of Infinitely Differentiable Functions on R

1. ## Subspace of Infinitely Differentiable Functions on R

I have to prove which of the following are subspaces of infinitely differentiable functions on R:
1) {f : f(0) = 0}
2) {f : f'(0) = 0}
3) {f : f(x) + f(-x) = 1}
4) {f : f(x) + f(-x) = f(0)}

I know that a subspace must be closed under addition and scalar multiplication, but I have no idea how to do this. How would you be able to test whether all of these are closed under addition and scalar multiplication?

2. 1) Denote $E$ the vector space of infinitely differentiable functions on $\mathbb{R}$ and $F=\{f\in E:f(0)=0\}$ then:

(a) The zero function $0:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R},\;0(x)=0$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$ is infinitely differentiable on $\mathbb{R}$ and satisfies $0(0)=0$, so $0\in F$ .

(b) For all $f,g\in F$ the sum $f+g$ is infinitely differentiable on $\mathbb{R}$ and satisfies:

$(f+g)(0)=f(0)+g(0)=0+0=0$

so, $f+g\in F$.

(c) For all $\lambda\in \mathbb{R}$ and for all $f\in F$ ...

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Fernando Revilla