A linear transformation is invertible if and only if it is injective and surjective

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A map has a two-sided inverse iff it is both injective and surjective. For linear maps, that inverse is automatically linear. Thus invertible linear maps are exactly vector-space isomorphisms. In equal finite dimensions, either injectivity or surjectivity alone suffices.

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