Null vector (vector space)

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For null vectors as used in special relativity, see Minkowski space#Causal structure.

In linear algebra and related areas of mathematics, the null vector or zero vector is the vector (0, 0, …, 0) in Euclidean space, all of whose components are zero. It is usually written 0 or simply 0.

For a general vector space, the null vector is the uniquely determined vector that is the identity element for vector addition.

The zero vector is unique; if a and b are zero vectors, then a = a + b = b.

It is the result of scalar multiplication by the scalar 0.

The preimage of the zero vector under a linear transformation f is called kernel or null space.

A zero space is a linear space whose only element is a zero vector.

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