Section 43.2 Terminology and notation
- kernel (of a linear transformation \funcdef{T}{V}{W})
the collection of all vectors \uvec{v} in the domain space V for which T(\uvec{v}) = \zerovec_W
- \ker T
notation for the kernel of a transformation T
- nullity (of a linear transformation)
the dimension of the kernel
- image (of a linear transformation \funcdef{T}{V}{W})
the collection of all image vectors T(\uvec{v}) in the codomain space W\text{,} as \uvec{v} varies over all vectors in the domain space V
- range (of a linear transformation \funcdef{T}{V}{W})
synonym for image
- \im T
notation for the image of a transformation T
- R(T)
alternative notation for the image of a transformation T
- T(V)
alternative notation for the image of a transformation \funcdef{T}{V}{W}
- rank (of a linear transformation)
the dimension of the image