Example comparing bilinear to linear maps

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These examples are supposed to demonstrate some differences between linear maps and bilinear maps

Addition is a linear map

Here we will show that addition, given by:
Take T:RR with T(x)=x+x


is a linear map

To be a linear map T(ax+by)=aT(x)+bT(y)

, so take:

T(ax+by)=ax+by+ax+by=a(x+x)+b(y+y)=aT(x)+bT(y)

as required.

Given the field was R we could have used the number 2

of course. However this proof works for any field.

Thus addition is a linear map.

Addition is not bilinear


TODO: easy