Double dual Spaces and the annihilator

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I am revising linear algebra, and am a bit stuck on this problem.

So, if you define a natural isomorphism $f$ between $V$ and its double dual $V''$, you get $$f:V\rightarrow V''$$
$$v\mapsto E_v$$ where, $$E_v(f)=f(v),\forall v \in V'$$
I am then asked to show, that if $U$ is a subspace of $V$, under this natural isomorphism, $f|_U$ is a bijection between $U$ and $U^{00}$.

I am not sure how to do this, I see that if $u$ is mapped to its evaluation map, then the evaluation map on all the functions in $U^0$ is clearly 0, but from here, I do not know how to show the bijection.

Any help appreciated, thank you.

Best Answer

Here's some different approach:

For given vector space $V$ and its subspace $U$, $ dim U + dim U^0 = dim V$.

Also, by taking dual, $ dim U^0 + dim U^{00} = dim V^* $.

Since $dim V = dim V^*$, this results $dim U = dim U^{00}$.

By definition, $U$ is a subspace of $U^{00}$.

Hence $dim U = dim U^{00}$ implies $ U = U^{00}$.

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