2002-64.md

course	course_year	question_number	tags	title	year
Quadratic Mathematics	IB	64	IB 2002 Quadratic Mathematics	2.I.8F	2002

Explain what is meant by a sesquilinear form on a complex vector space $V$. If $\phi$ and $\psi$ are two such forms, and $\phi(v, v)=\psi(v, v)$ for all $v \in V$, prove that $\phi(v, w)=\psi(v, w)$ for all $v, w \in V$. Deduce that if $\alpha: V \rightarrow V$ is a linear map satisfying $\phi(\alpha(v), \alpha(v))=\phi(v, v)$ for all $v \in V$, then $\phi(\alpha(v), \alpha(w))=\phi(v, w)$ for all $v, w \in V$.