2024-09-22

775: Bijective Linear Map Is 'Vectors Spaces - Linear Morphisms' Isomorphism

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description/proof of that bijective linear map is 'vectors spaces - linear morphisms' isomorphism

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About: vectors space

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Starting Context



Target Context


  • The reader will have a description and a proof of the proposition that any bijective linear map is a 'vectors spaces - linear morphisms' isomorphism.

Orientation


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Main Body


1: Structured Description


Here is the rules of Structured Description.

Entities:
\(F\): \(\in \{\text{ the fields }\}\)
\(V_1\): \(\in \{\text{ the not necessarily finite-dimensional } F \text{ vectors spaces }\}\)
\(V_2\): \(\in \{\text{ the not necessarily finite-dimensional } F \text{ vectors spaces }\}\)
\(f\): \(: V_1 \to V_2\), \(\in \{\text{ the linear maps }\} \cap \{\text{ the bijections }\}\)
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Statements:
\(f \in \{\text{ the 'vectors spaces - linear morphisms' isomorphisms }\}\)
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2: Natural Language Description


For any field, \(F\), any not necessarily finite-dimensional vectors spaces, \(V_1, V_2\), and any bijective linear map, \(f: V_1 \to V_2\), \(f\) is a 'vectors spaces - linear morphisms' isomorphism.


3: Note


In general, a bijective morphism is not necessarily an isomorphism: for example, a bijective continuous map is not necessarily a 'topological spaces - continuous maps' isomorphism, because the inverse is not necessarily continuous, which is the reason why we need to specifically prove this proposition.


4: Proof


Whole Strategy: Step 1: define the inverse, \(f^{-1}: V_2 \to V_1\); Step 2: see that \(f^{-1}\) is linear; Step 3: conclude the proposition.

Step 1:

As \(f\) is bijective, the inverse, \(f^{-1}: V_2 \to V_1\), is well-defined.

Step 2:

Let us see that \(f^{-1}\) is linear.

Let \(v_1, v_2 \in V_2\) and \(r_1, r_2 \in F\) be any. \(f^{-1} (r_1 v_1 + r_2 v_2) = r_1 f^{-1} (v_1) + r_2 f^{-1} (v_2)\)? \(f (r_1 f^{-1} (v_1) + r_2 f^{-1} (v_2)) = r_1 f (f^{-1} (v_1)) + r_2 f (f^{-1} (v_2)) = r_1 v_1 + r_2 v_2\), which means that \(f^{-1} (r_1 v_1 + r_2 v_2) = r_1 f^{-1} (v_1) + r_2 f^{-1} (v_2)\). So, \(f^{-1}\) is linear.

Step 3:

So, \(f\) is a 'vectors spaces - linear morphisms' isomorphism.


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