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Injectivity, Surjectivity and Isomorphism in Finite Dimensions

Between finite-dimensional spaces an injective linear map cannot lower and a surjective one cannot raise the dimension, under equal dimensions injective, surjective and bijective coincide, two spaces are isomorphic exactly when their dimensions agree, and an operator is invertible exactly when its kernel is trivial or its image is everything.

Statement

In the setting of Linear Algebra: Standing Notation, let KK be a field and let VV and WW be finite-dimensional vector spaces over KK.

Injective maps. If TT is an injective linear map from VV to WW, then dim⁡V≤dim⁡W\dim V\le\dim W.

Surjective maps. If TT is a surjective linear map from VV to WW, then dim⁡V≥dim⁡W\dim V\ge\dim W.

Equal dimensions. If dim⁡V=dim⁡W\dim V=\dim W and TT is a linear map from VV to WW, then

T is injective  ⟺  T is surjective  ⟺  T is bijective.T\text{ is injective}\iff T\text{ is surjective}\iff T\text{ is bijective}.

Isomorphic spaces. VV and WW are isomorphic if and only if dim⁡V=dim⁡W\dim V=\dim W.

Operators. For every T∈L(V)T\in\mathcal{L}(V), with units taken in the monoid L(V)\mathcal{L}(V) of Linear Maps Form a Vector Space and a Monoid under Composition (iv),

T is a unit of L(V)  ⟺  ker⁡T={0}  ⟺  im⁡T=V.T\text{ is a unit of }\mathcal{L}(V)\iff\ker T=\{0\}\iff\operatorname{im}T=V.

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