Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Linear Transformations - 6.4 Additional Properties of Linear Transformation - Problems - Page 418: 24

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Assume $v \in V$ We know that $\{v_1,v_2\}$ is a basic for the vector space $V$ there exist scalars $\alpha, \beta$ such as: $$v=\alpha v_1+\beta v_2$$ Obtain: $T_1T_2(v)=(T_1T_2)(\alpha v_1+\beta v_2)\\ =T_1(T_2(\alpha v_1+\beta v_2)) \\ =T_1(\alpha T_1(v_1)+\beta T_2(v_2)\\ =T_1(\alpha .\frac{1}{2}(v_1+v_2)+\beta .\frac{1}{2}(v_1-v_2))\\ =T_1((\frac{1}{2}\alpha +\frac{1}{2}\beta)v_1+(\frac{1}{2} \alpha -\frac{1}{2}\beta)v_2)\\ =\frac{1}{2}(\alpha +\beta)T_1(v_1)+\frac{1}{2}(\alpha -\beta)T_1(v_2)\\ =\frac{1}{2}(\alpha +\beta)(v_1+v_2)+\frac{1}{2}(\alpha-\beta)(v_1-v_2)\\ =[\frac{1}{2}(\alpha +\beta)+\frac{1}{2}(\alpha-\beta)]v_1+[\frac{1}{2}(\alpha +\beta)-\frac{1}{2}(\alpha -\beta)]v_2\\ =(\frac{1}{2}\alpha +\frac{1}{2}\beta+\frac{1}{2}\alpha -\frac{1}{2}\beta)v_1+(\frac{1}{2}\alpha +\frac{1}{2}\beta-\frac{1}{2}\alpha+\frac{1}{2}\beta)v_2\\ =\alpha v_1+\beta v_2\\ =v$ then $T_2T_1(v)=(T_2T_1)(\alpha v_1+\beta v_2)\\ =T_2(T_1(\alpha v_1+\beta v_2)) \\ =T_2(\alpha T_1(v_1)+\beta T_1(v_2)\\ =T_2(\alpha (v_1+v_2)+\beta (v_1-v_2))\\ =T_2((\alpha +\beta)v_1+(\alpha -\beta)v_2)\\ =(\alpha +\beta)T_2(v_1)+(\alpha -\beta)T_2(v_2)\\ =\frac{1}{2}(\alpha +\beta)(v_1+v_2)+\frac{1}{2}(\alpha-\beta)(v_1-v_2)\\ =[\frac{1}{2}(\alpha +\beta)+\frac{1}{2}(\alpha-\beta)]v_1+[\frac{1}{2}(\alpha +\beta)-\frac{1}{2}(\alpha -\beta)]v_2\\ =(\frac{1}{2}\alpha +\frac{1}{2}\beta+\frac{1}{2}\alpha -\frac{1}{2}\beta)v_1+(\frac{1}{2}\alpha +\frac{1}{2}\beta-\frac{1}{2}\alpha+\frac{1}{2}\beta)v_2\\ =\alpha v_1+\beta v_2\\ =v$ $T_2T_1(v)= \\ T_1T_2(v)\\ \rightarrow [(T_1^{-1}T_1)(v)]=T_2T_1(v)=v\\ \rightarrow T_2=T_1^{-1}\\ $
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