Rudin 1976, p. 206. A mapping A of a vector space X into a vector space Y is said to be a linear transformation if: for all and all scalars c. Note that one often writes instead of if A is linear. Rudin, Walter (1976). Principles of Mathematical Analysis. Walter Rudin Student Series in Advanced Mathematics (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw–Hill. ISBN978-0-07-054235-8.
Rudin 1976, p. 210
Suppose and are bases of vector spaces X and Y, respectively. Then every determines a set of numbers such that
It is convenient to represent these numbers in a rectangular array of m rows and n columns, called an mbynmatrix:
Observe that the coordinates of the vector (with respect to the basis ) appear in the jth column of . The vectors are therefore sometimes called the column vectors of . With this terminology, the range of Ais spanned by the column vectors of . Rudin, Walter (1976). Principles of Mathematical Analysis. Walter Rudin Student Series in Advanced Mathematics (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw–Hill. ISBN978-0-07-054235-8.
Rudin 1991, p. 15
1.18 TheoremLet be a linear functional on a topological vector space X. Assume for some . Then each of the following four properties implies the other three:
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Rudin 1991, p. 15
1.18 TheoremLet be a linear functional on a topological vector space X. Assume for some . Then each of the following four properties implies the other three: