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Title of object: invariant subspace
Canonical Name: InvariantSubspace
Type: Definition

Created on: 2002-02-15 00:51:19
Modified on: 2005-08-02 22:50:53

Creator: rmilson
Modifier: rmilson
Author: rmilson

Classification: msc:15-00

Preamble:

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}


\newtheorem{proposition}{Proposition}
Content:

Let $T: V\rightarrow V$ be a linear transformation of a vector space $V$. A subspace $U\subset V$ is
called an {\em invariant subspace} of $T$ if
$$T(U)\subset U$$
If $U$ is an invariant subspace, then the restriction of $T$ to $U$ defines a well defined linear transformation
of $U$.