Example comparing bilinear to linear maps
From Maths
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:R→R 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