16.-Linear-Algebra-by-Kenneth-Hoffman · Problem 9.2.8

Operators on Inner Product Spaces

Mathematics — Linear Algebra · non-degenerate-forms-functionals

Problem

Let ff be a non-degenerate form (Exercises 6 and 7) on a finite-dimensional space VV. Let LL be a linear functional on VV. Show that there exists one and only one vector β\beta in VV such that L(α)=f(α,β)L(\alpha) = f(\alpha, \beta) for all α\alpha.

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