On spanning sets and generators of near-vector spaces

On spanning sets and generators of near-vector spaces

In this paper we study the quasi-kernel of certain constructions of near-vector spaces and the span of avector. We characterize those vectors whose span is one-dimensional and those that generate the whole space.

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