Group Homomorphism/Examples/Pointwise Addition on Continuous Real Functions on Closed Unit Interval/Example 1
Example of Group Homomorphism
Let $J \subseteq \R$ denote the closed unit interval $\closedint 0 1$.
Let $\map {\mathscr C} J$ denote the set of all continuous real functions from $J$ to $\R$.
Let $G = \struct {\map {\mathscr C} J, +}$ be the group formed on $\map {\mathscr C} J$ by pointwise addition.
Let $\struct {\R, +}$ denote the additive group of real numbers.
From Pointwise Addition on Continuous Real Functions on Closed Unit Interval forms Group we have that $G$ is indeed a group.
Let $\phi: \struct {\map {\mathscr C} J, +} \to \struct {\R, +}$ be the mapping defined as:
- $\forall f \in \map {\mathscr C} J: \map \phi f = \map f 1$
Then $\phi$ is a homomorphism.
Kernel
The kernel of $\phi$ is given by:
- $\map \ker \phi = I_J - f_m$
where:
- $f_m: \R \to \R$ denotes the constant mapping on $\R$
- $m = 1$
- $I_J$ denotes the identity mapping on $J$.
Proof
Let $f, g \in \map {\mathscr C} J$ be arbitrary.
We have:
\(\ds \map \phi {f + g}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map {\paren {f + g} } 1\) | Definition of $\phi$ | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map f 1 + \map g 1\) | Definition of Pointwise Addition of Real-Valued Functions | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map \phi f + \map \phi g\) |
Thus $\phi$ is a homomorphism by definition.
$\blacksquare$
Sources
- 1965: Seth Warner: Modern Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {II}$: New Structures from Old: $\S 13$: Compositions Induced on Cartesian Products and Function Spaces: Exercise $13.18 \ \text {(a)}$