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==What Does Linearity Mean?==
 
==What Does Linearity Mean?==
  
Linearity describes a special property of a transformation T from Rn to Rm such that any linear combination of inputs yields the respective linear combination of their outputs. A transformation such as this remains closed under the operations of addition and scalar multiplication.
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Linearity describes a special property of a transformation '''T''' from '''R'''<sup>''n''</sup> to '''R'''<sup>''m''</sup> such that any linear combination of inputs yields the respective linear combination of their outputs. A transformation such as this remains closed under the operations of addition and scalar multiplication.
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==Example of a Linear Transformation (system)==
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The following linear transformation takes any vector in '''R'''<sup>''2''</sup> and maps it to another vector in '''R'''<sup>''2''</sup> of same length rotated 45 degrees counter clockwise.
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<math>/ T('''X''')=

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What Does Linearity Mean?

Linearity describes a special property of a transformation T from Rn to Rm such that any linear combination of inputs yields the respective linear combination of their outputs. A transformation such as this remains closed under the operations of addition and scalar multiplication.

Example of a Linear Transformation (system)

The following linear transformation takes any vector in R2 and maps it to another vector in R2 of same length rotated 45 degrees counter clockwise.

$ / T('''X''')= $

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