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♦7.1.55. If L◦M=L◦N= I W, M ◦L=N◦L= I V,then, by associativity,
M=M◦IW=M◦(L◦N) = (M◦L)◦N= I V◦N=N.
♥7.1.56.
(a) Every vector in Vcan be uniquely written as a linear combination of the basis elements:
v=c1v1+···+cnvn. Assuming linearity, we compute
L[v] = L[c1v1+··· +cnvn] = c1L[v1] + ··· +cnL[vn] = c1w1+··· +cnwn.
(b) The inverse is uniquely defined by the requirement that L−1[wi] = vi,i= 1, . . . , n.
Note that L◦L−1[wi] = L[vi] = wi, and hence L◦L−1= I Wsince w1, . . . , wnis a
basis. Similarly, L−1◦L[vi] = L−1[wi] = vi, and so L−1◦L= I V.
(c) If A= ( v1v2. . . vn), B= ( w1w2… wn), then Lhas matrix representative B A−1,
while L−1has matrix representative AB−1.
7.1.57. Let m= dim V= dim W. As guaranteed by Exercise 2.4.24, we can choose bases
v1,…,vnand w1,…,wnof Rnsuch that v1,…,vmis a basis of Vand w1, . . . , wmis
a basis of W. We then define the invertible linear map L:Rn→Rnsuch that L[vi] = wi,
i= 1, . . . , n, as in Exercise 7.1.56. Moreover, since L[vi] = wi,i= 1, . . . , m, maps the basis
of Vto the basis of W, it defines an invertible linear function from Vto W.
♦7.1.59. Use associativity of composition: N=N◦IW=N◦L◦M= I V◦M=M.
7.1.60.
(a)L[ax2+bx +c] = ax2+ (b+ 2a)x+ (c+b);