[Math] Does a vector space with dimension 1 have an orthogonal basis

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Normally an orthogonal basis of a finite vector space is referred as a basis that contains many vectors, i.e. 2 or more.

Consider a vector space that its dimension is 1 – does it have an orthogonal basis?
Is it true to refer to all the bases of that vector space as "orthogonal"?

I didn't find a reference for that in Wikipedia.

Best Answer

You are correct. Any basis for a one dimensional inner product space is an orthogonal basis because the orthogonality condition is vacuously true, i.e. there are no pairs which must be orthogonal.