I have confusion understanding why Zero Vector space has dimension zero?

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Here's what I understand from Basis.

Basis: it's set of linearly independent vectors which can span the vector space.

Basis for Zero vector space:

case 1: when { 0 } , it's singleton set , since there's none in it to compare with to check linear independecy hence it can be considered as basis and also it can span it.

( i.e 0 = c . 0 , where c is any constant )

So, the basis has 1 vector, so dimension will be 1.

case 2: { any vector K } again it's singleton set , since there's none in it to compare with to check linear independecy hence it can be considered as basis and also it can span it.

( i.e 0 = 0. K (the vector K) )

Again, the basis has 1 vector, so dimension will be 1.