1) Let $F$ be a field and $f$ be a linear functional on $M_{n}(F)$. Then there is a nonzero matrix $T$ in $M_{n}(F)$ such that $f(M)=\mathrm{tr}(TM)$ for all $M\subset M_{n}(F)$.
Every one help me. Why?
2) Let $F$ be a field. Consider the a mapping on the algebra of all linear transformations on $F^n$ as follows: $$(T,A)=trace(TA).$$ Clearly, this is an inner product. Then this is non-singular.
Why?
What's the ralation between two parts of questions?
Let $E_{ij}$ be the matrix with $1$ in the $(i,j)$ position and $0$ elsewhere. Then $Tr(E_{i,j}A)=a_{j,i}$, the $(j,i)$ entry. Thus the linear functional $\phi_{j,i}:A\mapsto a_{j,i}$ has a representation as a trace map $A\mapsto Tr(TA)$.
All linear functionals on $M_n(F)$ are linear combinations of the $\phi_{j,i}$.