Paper 3, Section II, E

Linear Algebra
Part IB, 2013

Let VV and WW be finite dimensional real vector spaces and let T:VWT: V \rightarrow W be a linear map. Define the dual space VV^{*} and the dual map TT^{*}. Show that there is an isomorphism ι:V(V)\iota: V \rightarrow\left(V^{*}\right)^{*} which is canonical, in the sense that ιS=(S)ι\iota \circ S=\left(S^{*}\right)^{*} \circ \iota for any automorphism SS of VV.

Now let WW be an inner product space. Use the inner product to show that there is an injective map from im TT to imT\operatorname{im} T^{*}. Deduce that the row rank of a matrix is equal to its column rank.