Math Help - isomorphism

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if t is an isomorphism of V onto W,prove that t maps a basis of V onto a basis of W
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2. Originally Posted by prashantgolu
if t is an isomorphism of V onto W,prove that t maps a basis of V onto a basis of W
thanks
I'll let $T:V\to W$ is the isomorphism, and $\{v_1,\cdots,v_n\}$ a basis for $V$. Note that since $T$ is injective that $\ker T=\{\bold{0}\}$ (why?) and so $\displaystyle \sum_{j=1}^{n}\alpha_j T\left(v_j\right)=\bold{0}\implies T\left(\sum_{j=0}^{n}\alpha_j v_j\right)=\bold{0}\implies \sum_{j=1}^{n}\alpha_j v_j=\bold{0}\implies \alpha_1=\cdots=\alpha_n$ and so $\left\{T(v_1),\cdots,T(v_n)\right\}$ is l.i. Now, since $T$ is surjective we have that for any $w\in W$ there exists some $v\in V$ such that $T(v)=w$. Note though that since $\{v_1,\cdots,v_n\}$ is a basis for there exists $\alpha_1,\cdots,\alpha_n\in F$ such that $\displaystyle \sum_{j=1}^{n}\alpha_j v_j=v$ and so $\displaystyle w=T(v)=T\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}\alpha_j v_j\right)=\sum_{j=1}^{n}\alpha_j T(v_j)$ and thus $\left\lange\left\{T(v_1),\cdots,T(v_n)\right\}\rig ht\rangle=W$. Thus, $\left\{T(v_1),\cdots,T(v_n)\right\}$ is a basis for $W$