new vector spaces from old ones

This entry list methods that give new vector spaces from old ones.

1. 1.

Changing the field (complexification, etc.)

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4. 4.

direct product of vectors spaces

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Tensor product of vector spaces (http://planetmath.org/TensorProductClassical)

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The space of linear maps from one vector space to another, also denoted by $\operatorname{Hom}_{k}(V,W)$, or simply $\operatorname{Hom}(V,W)$, where $V$ and $W$ are vector spaces over the field $k$

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The space of endomorphisms of a vector space. Using the notation above, this is the space $\operatorname{Hom}_{k}(V,V)=\operatorname{End}(V)$

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dual vector space (http://planetmath.org/DualSpace), and bi-dual vector space. Using the notation above, this is the space $\operatorname{Hom}(V,k)$, or simply $V^{*}$.

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The annihilator of a subspace is a subspace of the dual vector space

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Wedge product of vector spaces

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A field $k$ is a vector space over itself. Consider a set $B$ and the set $V$ of all functions from $B$ to $k$. Then $V$ has a natural vector space structure. If $B$ is finite, then $V$ can be viewed as a vector space having $B$ as a basis.

Vector spaces involving a linear map

Suppose $L\colon\thinspace V\to W$ is a linear map.

1. 1.

The kernel of $L$ is a subspace of $V$.

2. 2.

The image of $L$ is a subspace of $W$.

3. 3.

The cokernel of $L$ is a quotient space of $W$.

Topological vector spaces

Suppose $V$ is topological vector space.

1. 1.

If $W$ is a subspace of $V$ then its closure $\overline{W}$ is also a subspace of $V$.

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If $V$ is a metric vector space then its completion $\widetilde{V}$ is also a (metric) vector space.

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Spaces of structures and subspaces of the tensor algebra of a vector space

There are also certain spaces of interesting structures on a vector space that at least in the case of finite dimension correspond to certain subspaces of the tensor algebra of the vector space. These spaces include:

1. 1.

The space of Euclidean inner products.

2. 2.

The space of Hermitian inner products.

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the space of symplectic structures.

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vector bundles

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space of connections

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