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Linear mapping/Bilinear form/Isometry/Definition

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Isometry (bilinear form)

Let V and W be vector spaces over K, both endowed with a bilinear form ΦV and ΦW, A K-linear mapping f:V→W is called an isometry if

ΦW(f(u),f(v))=ΦV(u,v)

holds for all u,v∈V.