Let K {\displaystyle {}K} be a field, and let V {\displaystyle {}V} and W {\displaystyle {}W} be K {\displaystyle {}K} -vector spaces. Let
and
de direct sum decompositions and let
denote the canonical projections.
is an
If we consider Hom K ( V i , W j ) {\displaystyle {}\operatorname {Hom} _{K}{\left(V_{i},W_{j}\right)}} as linear subspaces of Hom K ( V , W ) {\displaystyle {}\operatorname {Hom} _{K}{\left(V,W\right)}} , then we have the direct sum decomposition