Linear transformations
Testing which vector functions preserve addition and scaling, and proving that matrix multiplication and projection-subtraction define linear transformations.
4 exercises
Exercise 6.1.1
Which of the following vector functions are linear transformations?
Exercise 6.1.3
Let be an -matrix. Show the vector function defined by is a linear transformation.
Exercise 6.1.4
Let be a fixed vector. Show that the function defined by is a linear transformation.
Exercise 6.1.5
Let be a fixed non-zero vector. The function defined by has the effect of translating all vectors by adding . Show this is not a linear transformation.
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