Fix $u\in V$ and $x\in W$. Define $T\in L(V,W)$ by $Tv=\langle v,u\rangle x$ fpr every $v\in V$. Find a formula for T*.

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$T^*$: $W$ $\to$ $V$.

$\langle$v$,$T*w$\rangle$ $=$ $\langle$$Tv,w$$\rangle$

$=$ $\langle$$\langle$$v$,$u$$\rangle$$x$,$w$$\rangle$

$=$ $\langle$$v$,$u$$\rangle$$\langle$$x$,$w$$\rangle$

$=$ $\langle$$v$,$\langle$$w$,$x$$\rangle$$u$$\rangle$

I'm not sure how he got the last two equalities here. I'm thinking the second last equality comes from the fact that an inner product is a number so if we let $c$ $=$ $\langle$$v$,$u$$\rangle$, then $\langle$$cx$,$w$$\rangle$ $=$ $c$$\langle$$x$,$v$$\rangle$ $=$ $\langle$$v$,$u$$\rangle$$\langle$$x$,$w$$\rangle$. And likewise, for the last equality, we can use the same reasoning along with symmetry of the inner product to obtain the same answer.