A real-valued function on a linear subspace of a real vector space is a linear functional if it is additive and commutes with real multiples.
In the setting of Separable Real Normed Spaces and Hahn–Banach: Notation, let be a real vector space, let be a linear subspace of , and let be a function. The sums and multiples below lie in by Linear Subspace of a Real Vector Space (ii) and Linear Subspace of a Real Vector Space (iii).
Additivity. for all .
Homogeneity. for all and .
Linear functional. is a linear functional on if it satisfies (i) and (ii). A linear functional on is one on the linear subspace ( is a linear subspace of itself, Linear Subspace of a Real Vector Space (i), Linear Subspace of a Real Vector Space (ii) and Linear Subspace of a Real Vector Space (iii) holding because and the addition and scalar multiplication of take values in ).
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