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Given linear transformations S: Rn --> Rm and T: Rn --> Rm, show the following:
a) S+T is a linear transformation
b) cS is a linear transformation
I know that since both S and T are linear transformations on their own, they satisfy the properties for being a linear transformation, which is that for some transformation T, T(x+y)=T(x) + T(y), and T(cx)=cT(x). So I tried doing the same sort of procedure for the sum of the transformations, so that (S+T)(x)=S(x) + T(x) and S(cx)=cS(x). This just doesn't seem like a very intricate way of proving the sums of linear transformations is a linear transformation and that a scalar multiplied by a linear transformation is a linear transformation.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
a) S+T is a linear transformation
b) cS is a linear transformation
I know that since both S and T are linear transformations on their own, they satisfy the properties for being a linear transformation, which is that for some transformation T, T(x+y)=T(x) + T(y), and T(cx)=cT(x). So I tried doing the same sort of procedure for the sum of the transformations, so that (S+T)(x)=S(x) + T(x) and S(cx)=cS(x). This just doesn't seem like a very intricate way of proving the sums of linear transformations is a linear transformation and that a scalar multiplied by a linear transformation is a linear transformation.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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