dual space
Noun
Meaning
(mathematics) The vector space which comprises the set of linear functionals of a given vector space.
(mathematics) The vector space which comprises the set of continuous linear functionals of a given topological vector space.
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A Banach space can be canonically identified with a subspace of its bidual, which is the dual of its dual space.
Example: dual of a finite-dimensional vector space Every finite-dimensional vector space is isomorphic to its dual space, but there may be many different isomorphisms between the two spaces.
For example, the canonical map from a finite-dimensional vector space V to its second dual space is a canonical isomorphism; on the other hand, V is isomorphic to its dual space but not canonically in general.
In Banach spaces, a large part of the study involves the dual space : the space of all continuous linear maps from the space into its underlying field, so-called functionals.
In that approach a type (p, q) tensor T is defined as a map, : where V is a (finite-dimensional) vector space and V* is the corresponding dual space of covectors, which is linear in each of its arguments.
In the dual space, it expresses the creation of the economic values associated with the outputs from set input unit prices.