Linear operator

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Ciro Santilli 34 Updated 2024-11-19 Created 1970-01-01

We define it as a linear map where the domain is the same as the image, i.e. an endofunction.

Examples:

a 2x2 matrix can represent a linear map from $R^{2}$ to $R^{2}$ , so which is a linear operator
the derivative is a linear map from $C^{\infty}$ to $C^{\infty}$ , so which is also a linear operator

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