Definition:Pointwise Scalar Multiplication of Real-Valued Function

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Definition

Let $S$ be a non-empty set.

Let $f: S \to \R$ be an real-valued function.

Let $\lambda \in \R$ be an real number.


Then the pointwise scalar product of $f$ by $\lambda$ is defined as:

$\lambda \times f: S \to \R:$
$\forall s \in S: \map {\paren {\lambda \times f} } s := \lambda \times \map f s$

where the $\times $ on the right hand side is real multiplication.


This can be seen to be an instance of pointwise multiplication where one of the functions is the constant mapping:

$f_\lambda: S \to \R: \map {f_\lambda} s = \lambda$


Also denoted as

Using the other common notational forms for multiplication, this definition can also be written:

$\forall s \in S: \map {\paren {\lambda \cdot f} } s := \lambda \cdot \map f s$

or:

$\forall s \in S: \map {\paren {\lambda f} } s := \lambda \map f s$


Also see

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