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Two finite-dimensional vector spaces over are linearly isomorphic if and only if they have the same dimension
Statement
Two finite-dimensional vector spaces over the same field are linearly isomorphic if and only if they have the same dimension.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: Finite-dimensional -vector spaces .
A linear isomorphism has a linear inverse, and finite dimension is the size of a finite basis (Invertible linear maps, linear isomorphisms, and inverse linear maps, Finite-dimensional vector space, and its dimension ; infinite-dimensional means having no finite basis).
Proof
If is an isomorphism and is a basis of , then is independent because applying to a vanishing linear combination makes every coefficient zero, and it spans because every equals and expands in the . Thus it is a basis of , so the dimensions agree.
Conversely, if the dimensions agree, choose ordered bases of and of and define . Unique coordinates make this a linear map with .
Defining gives a linear inverse to . For , both bases are empty and both spaces are zero, so the same formulas give the unique isomorphism.
Depends on
- Invertible linear maps, linear isomorphisms, and inverse linear maps
- Finite-dimensional vector space, and its dimension $\dim_F V$; infinite-dimensional means having no finite basis
- A finite list $v : n \to V$ is an ordered basis if and only if every $x \in V$ equals $\sum_{i<n} \lambda_i v_i$ for exactly one $\lambda : n \to F$; those scalars are the coordinates of $x$ in that ordered basis
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Sources
- S. Schiavone, MIT 18.700 Day 9, Theorem 22 (standard reference, not scraped)