(3) the standard basis for R n : { e 1 , e 2 , …, e n } e 1 =(1,0,…,0), e 2 =(0,1,…,0), e n =(0,0,…,1 ) Ex: R 4 {(1,0,0,0), (0,1,0,0), (0,0,1,0), (0,0,0,1)} Ex : matrix space : (4) the standard basis for m n matrix space: { E ij | 1 i m , 1 j n } (5) the standard basis for P n ( x ): {1, x , x 2 , …, x n } Ex: P 3 ( x ) {1, x , x 2 , x 3 }