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multilinear map  

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  • In linear algebra, a multilinear map is a function of several variables that is linear separately in each variable. More precisely, a multilinear map is a function


    where and are vector spaces (or modules over a commutative ring), with the following property: for each , if all of the variables but are held constant, then is a linear function of .

    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilinear_map)

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