Must $T:V \to V$ be the $0$ transformation if $\langle T(v),u\rangle=0 \forall u,v \in V$?

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Must $T:V \to V$ be the $0$ transformation if $\langle T(v),u\rangle=0 \ \forall u,v \in V$?

My intuition say $T$ must be the $0$ transformation, can someone give me a formal proof please?

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Pick $u=T(v)$, then this implies $T(v)=0$ for all $v\in V$.