Question #143184

If V is a finite dimensional vector space and v not equal to 0 is a vector in V, show that there is a linear functional f E V* such that f(v) not equal to 0


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Expert's answer
2020-11-13T15:56:36-0500

Given any non-zero vector we can extend it to a basis. So we extend vv to a basis of V.V. Let the basis be {v1(=v),v2,,vn}\{v_{1}(=v),v_2, \cdots,v_n\}. Now we define an element ff of VV^* as f(v1)=1f(v_1)=1 and f(vi)=0f(v_i)=0 for all other i.i. Then we extend ff by linearity since we are working on a basis. So we got a functional ff such that f(v)=10.f(v)=1\neq 0. This is a functional since any map from the basis set extends uniquely to a functional on the entire space.


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