Homomorphism space/Linear subspaces/Fact/Proof

Proof

(1). It is clear that we have a linear subspace. In order to prove the statement about the dimension, let be an direct complement of in , so that

Let be a basis of . Every linear mapping from maps to , and on (or on a basis thereof) we have free choice. Therefore

and the statement follows from fact.

(2). It is clear that we have a linear subspace. The natural mapping

of fact  (2) is injective in this case. Therefore,

(3). It is clear that we have a linear subspace. In the finite-dimensional case, let

be a direct sum decomposition. Due to fact, we have

and

Therefore, the dimension equals

(4). Setting

we have . Hence, (4) follows from (3).