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Vector Spaces & Bases · Challenge problem

In P6P_6 (real polynomials of degree at most 66) let UU be the subspace of even polynomials (p(−x)=p(x)p(-x) = p(x)) and let W={p∈P6:p(1)=0 and p(3)=0}W = \{p\in P_6 : p(1) = 0 \text{ and } p(3) = 0\}. Find dim⁡(U+W)\dim(U + W).