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Given a vector space E over a field K, a linear map f: E →K is called a linear form. The set of all linear forms f : E → K is a vector space called the dual space of E and denoted by E*. We now prove that hyperplanes are precisely the Kernels of nonnull linear forms.
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Gallier, J. (2001). Appendix. In: Geometric Methods and Applications. Texts in Applied Mathematics, vol 38. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0137-0_17
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