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Homework Statement
Is the following transformation an isomorphism:
[itex]a_0+bx+cx^{2}+dx^{3} \rightarrow \begin{bmatrix} a & b\\ c & d \end{bmatrix}[/itex]
Homework Equations
A transformation is an isomorphism if:
1. The transformation is one-to-one
2. The transformation is onto
The Attempt at a Solution
I took an accelerated Linear Algebra course over the summer, and in the last lecture my professor barely touched the concepts of "onto" and "one-to-one"
I know a transformation is onto if T:V→W it maps to every vector in W (essentially no restrictions)
and that a transformation is one to one if for each vector in V maps to only one vector in W.
I have working through a bunch of problems by finding the transformation matrix and then taking its determinant to see if its one to one (i.e if det(T) ≠ 0) or finding the kernel (if Ker(T)=0)
I was testing if the transformation was onto by finding RREF and seeing if any restrictions popped up (if not then it was onto, I think this was right)
This problem seems extremely simple but I'm not sure where to start since I don't know what T looks like and haven't had much guidance in this type of problem yet (none actually)
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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