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Let us consider two finite dimensional real vector spaces V and W, and denote by \(\mathrm{Lin}(V\rightarrow W)\) the collection of all linear maps \(f\,:\,V\,\rightarrow \, W\). It is easy to show that \(\mathrm{Lin}(V\rightarrow W)\) is itself a vector space over \(\mathbb R\).
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Landi, G., Zampini, A. (2018). Dual Spaces. In: Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry for Physical Sciences. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78361-1_8
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