Re: Example of a Vector Space which cannot be made into an inner product space

In summary,
(a) If AC is assumed then every vector space has a Hamel basis and
(b) We can define an inner product using this basis.

Is there any known result regarding finding of a basis for an infinite
dimensional vector space like R over Q?

AKL

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