Definition:Pointwise Scalar Multiplication of Rational-Valued Function

Definition
Let $S$ be a non-empty set. Let $f: S \to \Q$ be an rational-valued function.

Let $\lambda \in \Q$ be an rational number.

Then the pointwise scalar product of $f$ by $\lambda$ is defined as:
 * $\lambda \times f: S \to \Q:$
 * $\forall s \in S: \left({\lambda \times f}\right) \left({s}\right) := \lambda \times f \left({s}\right)$

where the $\times $ on the right is rational multiplication.

This can be seen to be an instance of pointwise multiplication where one of the functions is the constant mapping:
 * $f_\lambda: S \to \Q: f_\lambda \left({s}\right) = \lambda$

Also denoted as
Using the other common notational forms for multiplication, this definition can also be written:
 * $\forall s \in S: \left({\lambda \cdot f}\right) \left({s}\right) := \lambda \cdot f \left({s}\right)$

or:
 * $\forall s \in S: \left({\lambda f}\right) \left({s}\right) := \lambda f \left({s}\right)$

Also see

 * Pointwise Addition
 * Pointwise Multiplication

This is a specific instance of a Pointwise Scalar Multiplication of Number-Valued Function.