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Looking for a proof different from the standard proof(s) of a result

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Slick proof?: A vector space has the same dimension as its dual if and only if it is finite ...

Here is a proof for $\dim(V^*)>\dim(V)$ for every infinite dimensional vector space $V$ over a field $k$. More precisely, we prove that $$\mathrm{dim}(V^*)=|V^*|=|k|^{\dim(V)}\geq 2^{\dim(V)}>\dim(V). …