Essential Vocabulary

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Composition of linear transformations

Let , and be vector spaces, and let and be linear transformations. The composition of and is the transformation given by

The matrix of a composition is the product of the matrices corresponding to the transformations in the composition, in the same order.

Image of a linear transformation

Let and be vector spaces, and let be a linear transformation. The image of , denoted by , is the set In other words, the image of consists of individual images of all vectors of .

Inverse of a linear transformation

Let and be vector spaces, and let be a linear transformation. A transformation that satisfies and is called an inverse of . If has an inverse, is called invertible.

Kernel of a linear transformation

Let and be vector spaces, and let be a linear transformation. The kernel of , denoted by , is the set In other words, the kernel of consists of all vectors of that map to in .

Linear transformation

A transformation is called a linear transformation if the following are true for all vectors and in , and scalars .

Standard matrix of a linear transformation

Let be a linear transformation. Then the matrix

is known as the standard matrix of the linear transformation .

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