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Concept of linear mappings are confusing me


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I'm so confused on how we can have a 2x3 matrix A, multiply it by a vector in $Bbb R^3$ and then end up with a vector in $Bbb R^2$. Is it possible to visualize this at all or do I need to sort of blindly accept this concept as facts that I'll accept and use?
Can someone give a very brief summarization on why this makes sense? Because I just see it as, in a world (dimension) in $Bbb R^3$, we multiply it by a vector in $Bbb R^3$, and out pops a vector in $Bbb R^2$.



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    Is it the definition of matrix multiplication that gives you trouble? Have you tried doing a multiplication and seeing what you get? Do you understand that we can have a function like $f(x,y,z)=(x-2y+z, 2x+4y-z)$ which maps $mathbb R^3$ to $mathbb R^2$?
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I'm so confused on how we can have a 2x3 matrix A, multiply it by a vector in $Bbb R^3$ and then end up with a vector in $Bbb R^2$. Is it possible to visualize this at all or do I need to sort of blindly accept this concept as facts that I'll accept and use?
Can someone give a very brief summarization on why this makes sense? Because I just see it as, in a world (dimension) in $Bbb R^3$, we multiply it by a vector in $Bbb R^3$, and out pops a vector in $Bbb R^2$.



Thanks!










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    maybe think of multiplying a matrix by a vector as a special case of multiplying a matrix by a matrix
    $endgroup$
    – J. W. Tanner
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  • $begingroup$
    Is it the definition of matrix multiplication that gives you trouble? Have you tried doing a multiplication and seeing what you get? Do you understand that we can have a function like $f(x,y,z)=(x-2y+z, 2x+4y-z)$ which maps $mathbb R^3$ to $mathbb R^2$?
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I'm so confused on how we can have a 2x3 matrix A, multiply it by a vector in $Bbb R^3$ and then end up with a vector in $Bbb R^2$. Is it possible to visualize this at all or do I need to sort of blindly accept this concept as facts that I'll accept and use?
Can someone give a very brief summarization on why this makes sense? Because I just see it as, in a world (dimension) in $Bbb R^3$, we multiply it by a vector in $Bbb R^3$, and out pops a vector in $Bbb R^2$.



Thanks!










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I'm so confused on how we can have a 2x3 matrix A, multiply it by a vector in $Bbb R^3$ and then end up with a vector in $Bbb R^2$. Is it possible to visualize this at all or do I need to sort of blindly accept this concept as facts that I'll accept and use?
Can someone give a very brief summarization on why this makes sense? Because I just see it as, in a world (dimension) in $Bbb R^3$, we multiply it by a vector in $Bbb R^3$, and out pops a vector in $Bbb R^2$.



Thanks!







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    Is it the definition of matrix multiplication that gives you trouble? Have you tried doing a multiplication and seeing what you get? Do you understand that we can have a function like $f(x,y,z)=(x-2y+z, 2x+4y-z)$ which maps $mathbb R^3$ to $mathbb R^2$?
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    maybe think of multiplying a matrix by a vector as a special case of multiplying a matrix by a matrix
    $endgroup$
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    Is it the definition of matrix multiplication that gives you trouble? Have you tried doing a multiplication and seeing what you get? Do you understand that we can have a function like $f(x,y,z)=(x-2y+z, 2x+4y-z)$ which maps $mathbb R^3$ to $mathbb R^2$?
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maybe think of multiplying a matrix by a vector as a special case of multiplying a matrix by a matrix
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maybe think of multiplying a matrix by a vector as a special case of multiplying a matrix by a matrix
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$begingroup$
Is it the definition of matrix multiplication that gives you trouble? Have you tried doing a multiplication and seeing what you get? Do you understand that we can have a function like $f(x,y,z)=(x-2y+z, 2x+4y-z)$ which maps $mathbb R^3$ to $mathbb R^2$?
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– John Douma
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Is it the definition of matrix multiplication that gives you trouble? Have you tried doing a multiplication and seeing what you get? Do you understand that we can have a function like $f(x,y,z)=(x-2y+z, 2x+4y-z)$ which maps $mathbb R^3$ to $mathbb R^2$?
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For the moment don't think about multiplication and matrices.



You can imagine starting from a vector $(x,y,z)$ in $mathbbR^3$ and mapping it to a vector in $mathbbR^2$ this way, for example:
$$
(x, y, z) mapsto (2x+ z, 3x+ 4y).
$$



Mathematicians have invented a nice clean way to write that map. It's the formalism you've learned for matrix multiplication. To see what $(1,2,3)$ maps to, calculate the matrix product
$$
beginbmatrix
2 & 0 & 1 \
3 & 4 & 0
endbmatrix
beginbmatrix
1 \
2 \
3
endbmatrix
=
beginbmatrix
5\
11
endbmatrix.
$$



You will soon be comfortable with this, just as you are now with whatever algorithm you were taught for ordinary multiplication. Then you will be free to focus on understanding what maps like this are useful for.






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    A linear mapping has the property that it maps subspaces to subspaces.



    So it will map a line to a line or $0$, a plane to a plane, a line, or $0$, and so on.



    By definition, linear mappings “play nice” with addition and scaling. These properties allow us to reduce statements about entire vector spaces down to bases, which are quite “small” in the finite dimensional case.






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      $begingroup$

      For the moment don't think about multiplication and matrices.



      You can imagine starting from a vector $(x,y,z)$ in $mathbbR^3$ and mapping it to a vector in $mathbbR^2$ this way, for example:
      $$
      (x, y, z) mapsto (2x+ z, 3x+ 4y).
      $$



      Mathematicians have invented a nice clean way to write that map. It's the formalism you've learned for matrix multiplication. To see what $(1,2,3)$ maps to, calculate the matrix product
      $$
      beginbmatrix
      2 & 0 & 1 \
      3 & 4 & 0
      endbmatrix
      beginbmatrix
      1 \
      2 \
      3
      endbmatrix
      =
      beginbmatrix
      5\
      11
      endbmatrix.
      $$



      You will soon be comfortable with this, just as you are now with whatever algorithm you were taught for ordinary multiplication. Then you will be free to focus on understanding what maps like this are useful for.






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        For the moment don't think about multiplication and matrices.



        You can imagine starting from a vector $(x,y,z)$ in $mathbbR^3$ and mapping it to a vector in $mathbbR^2$ this way, for example:
        $$
        (x, y, z) mapsto (2x+ z, 3x+ 4y).
        $$



        Mathematicians have invented a nice clean way to write that map. It's the formalism you've learned for matrix multiplication. To see what $(1,2,3)$ maps to, calculate the matrix product
        $$
        beginbmatrix
        2 & 0 & 1 \
        3 & 4 & 0
        endbmatrix
        beginbmatrix
        1 \
        2 \
        3
        endbmatrix
        =
        beginbmatrix
        5\
        11
        endbmatrix.
        $$



        You will soon be comfortable with this, just as you are now with whatever algorithm you were taught for ordinary multiplication. Then you will be free to focus on understanding what maps like this are useful for.






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          $begingroup$

          For the moment don't think about multiplication and matrices.



          You can imagine starting from a vector $(x,y,z)$ in $mathbbR^3$ and mapping it to a vector in $mathbbR^2$ this way, for example:
          $$
          (x, y, z) mapsto (2x+ z, 3x+ 4y).
          $$



          Mathematicians have invented a nice clean way to write that map. It's the formalism you've learned for matrix multiplication. To see what $(1,2,3)$ maps to, calculate the matrix product
          $$
          beginbmatrix
          2 & 0 & 1 \
          3 & 4 & 0
          endbmatrix
          beginbmatrix
          1 \
          2 \
          3
          endbmatrix
          =
          beginbmatrix
          5\
          11
          endbmatrix.
          $$



          You will soon be comfortable with this, just as you are now with whatever algorithm you were taught for ordinary multiplication. Then you will be free to focus on understanding what maps like this are useful for.






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          For the moment don't think about multiplication and matrices.



          You can imagine starting from a vector $(x,y,z)$ in $mathbbR^3$ and mapping it to a vector in $mathbbR^2$ this way, for example:
          $$
          (x, y, z) mapsto (2x+ z, 3x+ 4y).
          $$



          Mathematicians have invented a nice clean way to write that map. It's the formalism you've learned for matrix multiplication. To see what $(1,2,3)$ maps to, calculate the matrix product
          $$
          beginbmatrix
          2 & 0 & 1 \
          3 & 4 & 0
          endbmatrix
          beginbmatrix
          1 \
          2 \
          3
          endbmatrix
          =
          beginbmatrix
          5\
          11
          endbmatrix.
          $$



          You will soon be comfortable with this, just as you are now with whatever algorithm you were taught for ordinary multiplication. Then you will be free to focus on understanding what maps like this are useful for.







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              A linear mapping has the property that it maps subspaces to subspaces.



              So it will map a line to a line or $0$, a plane to a plane, a line, or $0$, and so on.



              By definition, linear mappings “play nice” with addition and scaling. These properties allow us to reduce statements about entire vector spaces down to bases, which are quite “small” in the finite dimensional case.






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                A linear mapping has the property that it maps subspaces to subspaces.



                So it will map a line to a line or $0$, a plane to a plane, a line, or $0$, and so on.



                By definition, linear mappings “play nice” with addition and scaling. These properties allow us to reduce statements about entire vector spaces down to bases, which are quite “small” in the finite dimensional case.






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                  A linear mapping has the property that it maps subspaces to subspaces.



                  So it will map a line to a line or $0$, a plane to a plane, a line, or $0$, and so on.



                  By definition, linear mappings “play nice” with addition and scaling. These properties allow us to reduce statements about entire vector spaces down to bases, which are quite “small” in the finite dimensional case.






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                  A linear mapping has the property that it maps subspaces to subspaces.



                  So it will map a line to a line or $0$, a plane to a plane, a line, or $0$, and so on.



                  By definition, linear mappings “play nice” with addition and scaling. These properties allow us to reduce statements about entire vector spaces down to bases, which are quite “small” in the finite dimensional case.







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