nLab dual linear map

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Linear algebra

homotopy theory, (∞,1)-category theory, homotopy type theory

flavors: stable, equivariant, rational, p-adic, proper, geometric, cohesive, directed

models: topological, simplicial, localic, …

see also algebraic topology

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Definition

The operation VV *V \mapsto V^* of forming dual vector spaces extends to a contravariant functor.

Definition (transpose map)

The dual linear map or transpose map of a linear map A:VWA\colon V\to W, is the linear map A *=A T:W *V *A^* = A^T\colon W^*\to V^*, given by

A *(w),v=w,A(v) \langle{A^*(w), v}\rangle = \langle{w, A(v)}\rangle

for all ww in W *W^* and vv in VV.

Remark

This functor is, of course, the representable functor represented by KK as a vector space over itself (a line).

Remark

This construction is the notion of dual morphism applied in the monoidal category Vect with its tensor product monoidal structure.

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