Is $\operatorname{End}_K(V)$ self-opposite?

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Let $V$ be a vector space over a field $K$.

Is $\operatorname{End}_K(V)$ a self-opposite $K$-algebra?

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If "self opposite" means "isomorphic to its opposite ring," then no.

If you take an infinite dimensional $V$, then it is known that the ring of linear transformations written on the left is right self-injective but not left self-injective. So it cannot be isomorphic to its opposite ring.

In the finite dimensional case, the answer is yes, of course, by using the transposition map.