The mapping is well-defined, since the representation v = v 1 + v 2 {\displaystyle {}v=v_{1}+v_{2}} with v 1 ∈ U 1 {\displaystyle {}v_{1}\in U_{1}} and v 2 ∈ U 2 {\displaystyle {}v_{2}\in U_{2}} is unique. The linearity follows from