Question: Let V be the real vector space of all real 2x3 matrices and let W be the real vector space of all real 4x1 column vectors. If T is a linear transformation from V onto W, what is the dimension of the subspace { v e V: T(v) = 0}?
I am confused wrt to T. If it is a linear transformation surely it must have some matrix representation. Now how can a matrix applied to the set of all 2x3 matrices produce the set of all 4x1 matrices (or column vectors)?
Since matrix product is only defined for m x n (for T) and n x p (for V)matrices and results in and m x p (for W) matrix if I take m = 4, p = 1 then n x p cannot be 2 x 3.
I hope I am not on the right track and some one could provide a hint.
P.S. I found something interesting:
Let A = [ 1 1 0 , 1 2 1 ], and let B = [ 2 1 , -1 -1 , 0 2]
Then AB = I2, although both A and B are not invertible since they are not square. Hence we can conclude that the statement
"If A and B are two matrices such that AB = the identity matrix, then the inverse of A exists" is false.
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