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linear map definition
mathematics (Or "linear transformation") A
function from a
vector space to a vector space which respects the
additive and
multiplicative structures of the two: that is, for any two
vectors, u, v, in the source vector space and any scalar, k, in the
field over which it is a vector space, a linear map f satisfies f(u+kv) = f(u) + kf(v).
(1996-09-30)