Talk:Surjection that Preserves Inner Product is Linear

I am punished for English being not my native language (though I generally get away with it).

My consideration says that I should change the title of this page to 'Inner Product-Preserving Surjection is Linear' or 'Inner-Product-Preserving Surjection is Linear' but I am unsure of which (the change is necessary to stipulate the surjection preserves the inner product, not the other way around.

PM, could you elucidate me on this (and explain the rule, or point to such an explanation)? Thanks. --Lord_Farin 17:13, 16 January 2012 (EST)

The answer isn't obvious to me, I'm not sure hyphens would help avoid ambiguity. Perhaps go with "Surjection that Preserves Inner Product is Linear"? --GFauxPas 18:15, 17 January 2012 (EST)

Excellent idea. Spot on. --prime mover 01:23, 18 January 2012 (EST)

Processed. May I ask again for a guideline for hyphens in English? --Lord_Farin 03:31, 18 January 2012 (EST)

Matter of taste, usually. There's nothing wrong with "Inner-Product-Preserving Surjection", it's just not considered very elegant. And, as GFP says, it's not obvious what it means. My recommendation is that: hyphens are used only when writing a term which actually uses a hyphen in it, and use the sort of construction as suggested by GFP for this sort of thing. --prime mover 07:57, 18 January 2012 (EST)

Thanks. LF