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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeJan 27th 2012
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   Format: MarkdownItexhad occasion to create _[[dual vector space]]_.

   had occasion to create dual vector space.

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   • CommentAuthorzskoda
   • CommentTimeJan 30th 2012
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   Format: MarkdownItexI added > $V \mapsto V^*$ extends to a contravariant functor: given a linear map $A: V\to W$, the dual or __transpose map__ $A^* = A^T : W^*\to V^*$ is given by $\langle A^*(w_1), v\rangle = \langle w_1, A(v)\rangle$ $\forall w_1\in W^*$, $\forall v\in V$.

   I added

   $V \mapsto V^*$ extends to a contravariant functor: given a linear map $A: V\to W$, the dual or transpose map $A^* = A^T : W^*\to V^*$ is given by $\langle A^*(w_1), v\rangle = \langle w_1, A(v)\rangle$ $\forall w_1\in W^*$, $\forall v\in V$.

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   • CommentAuthorzskoda
   • CommentTimeSep 5th 2013
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   Author: zskoda
   Format: MarkdownItexNew related entry (only a small part of intended material covered so far) [[dual gebra]].

   New related entry (only a small part of intended material covered so far) dual gebra.

4. • CommentRowNumber4.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeFeb 4th 2024
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexI have touched the wording in the section "Double dual" ([here](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/dual+vector+space#DoubleDualVectorSpaces)), for streamlining. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/dual+vector+space/23">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/dual+vector+space/23">v23</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/dual+vector+space">current</a>

   I have touched the wording in the section “Double dual” (here), for streamlining.

   diff, v23, current