# Find the basis of kernal and image of a transformation

• Oct 31st 2012, 01:55 PM
Find the basis of kernal and image of a transformation
Suppose that n is a positive integer, and let the transformation $T:C(x) \rightarrow C(x)$ be defined by $T(P(x))=xp'(x)-np(x) \ \ \ \ \ p(x) \in C(x)$ where C(x) is the set of continuous function mapping from $\mathbb {N}$ to a set M.

Find a basis of kernal(T) and Image(T)

so far:

So I know that we need to find the set $K = \{ p(x) \in C(x) : T(p(x)) = 0 \}$

Now, if $T(p(x)) = xp'(x)-np(x) = 0$

we will have $p'(x)= \frac {np(x)}{x}$

So I need to find the set of function that have that behavior?
• Oct 31st 2012, 01:59 PM
TheEmptySet
Re: Find the basis of kernal and image of a transformation
Quote:

Originally Posted by tttcomrader
Suppose that n is a positive integer, and let the transformation $T:C(x) \rightarrow C(x)$ be defined by $T(P(x))=xp'(x)-np(x) \ \ \ \ \ p(x) \in C(x)$ where C(x) is the set of continuous function mapping from $\mathbb {N}$ to a set M.

Find a basis of kernal(T) and Image(T)

so far:

So I know that we need to find the set $K = \{ p(x) \in C(x) : T(p(x)) = 0 \}$

Now, if $T(p(x)) = xp'(x)-np(x) = 0$

we will have $p'(x)= \frac {np(x)}{x}$

So I need to find the set of function that have that behavior?

This is a separable ODE.

$\frac{dp}{dx}=\frac{np}{x} \iff \frac{dp}{p}=\frac{n}{x}$

Integrating both sides gives

$\ln|p|=n\ln|x|+c \iff p(x)=Ax^n$