Paper 1, Section II, G

Linear Algebra
Part IB, 2011

Let V,WV, W be finite-dimensional vector spaces over a field FF and f:VWf: V \rightarrow W a linear map.

(i) Show that ff is injective if and only if the image of every linearly independent subset of VV is linearly independent in WW.

(ii) Define the dual space VV^{*} of VV and the dual map f:WVf^{*}: W^{*} \rightarrow V^{*}.

(iii) Show that ff is surjective if and only if the image under ff^{*} of every linearly independent subset of WW^{*} is linearly independent in VV^{*}.