Standard Ordered Basis is Basis

Theorem
Let $\struct {R, +, \circ}$ be a ring with unity whose zero is $0_R$ and whose unity is $1_R$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer.

For each $j \in \closedint 1 n$, let $e_j$ be the ordered $n$-tuple of elements of $R$ whose $j$th entry is $1_R$ and all of whose other entries is $0_R$.

Then $\sequence {e_n}$ is an ordered basis of the $R$-module $R^n$.

This ordered basis is called the standard ordered basis of $R^n$.

The corresponding set $\set {e_1, e_2, \ldots, e_n}$ is called the standard basis of $R^n$.

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