Kunze Linear Algebra · Problem 10.3.11

Bilinear Forms

Mathematics — Methods · skew-symmetric-r3-decomposition

Problem

Let ff be any skew-symmetric bilinear form on R3R^3. Prove that there are linear functionals L1L_1, L2L_2 such that f(α,β)=L1(α)L2(β)−L1(β)L2(α).f(\alpha, \beta) = L_1(\alpha)L_2(\beta) - L_1(\beta)L_2(\alpha).

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