# Math Help - Codimension of the null space

1. ## Codimension of the null space

Dear Colleagues,

Could you please help me in the following problem:

Let $f\neq0$ be any linear functional on a vector space $X$ show that in the quotient space $X/N(f)$ the codim $N(f)=1$. Here $N(f)$ denotes the null space of $f$, and codim means the dimension of $X/N(f)$.

Remark: two elements $x_{1}, x_{2}\in X$ belong to the same element of the quotient space $X/N(f)$ if and only if $f(x_{1})=f(x_{2})$.

Regards,

Raed.

2. Hint :

If $f\neq 0$ then, $\textrm{Im}f=\mathbb{K}$ i.e. $\dim (\textrm{Im}f)=1$.

3. I do not understand.

4. Originally Posted by raed
I do not understand.

What does mean $f:X \to \mathbb{K}$ is different from $0$ ?

5. Originally Posted by raed
I do not understand.
Please be more specific. What part do you not understand?

6. Do you understand what a linear functional is?

(I puzzled over FernandoRevilla's response until I realized I had read "functional" but was still thinking "transformation"!)