Suppose V is a ﬁnite dimensional inner product space. Prove that every orthogonal operator on V...

Suppose V is a ﬁnite dimensional inner product space. Prove that every orthogonal operator on V , i.e., <T(u),T(v)> = <u,v>, ∀u,v ∈ V , is an isomorphism.

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Colby Messinger answered 1 year ago

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