#11556: Linear transformations, built from free module morphisms
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   Reporter:  rbeezer         |          Owner:  jason, was    
       Type:  enhancement     |         Status:  needs_review  
   Priority:  major           |      Milestone:  sage-4.7.2    
  Component:  linear algebra  |       Keywords:                
Work_issues:                  |       Upstream:  N/A           
   Reviewer:                  |         Author:  Rob Beezer    
     Merged:                  |   Dependencies:  #11552, #11553
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Changes (by rbeezer):

  * status:  new => needs_review
  * dependencies:  => #11552, #11553


Old description:

> This patch introduces a new class, and related support, for linear
> transformations, designed to distinguish them from free module morphisms.
> There will also be an easy-to-use constructor for beginners.

New description:

 This patch builds vector space morphisms, aka linear transformations, from
 free module morphisms.  This allows for a few specialized methods, such as
 an easier test for invertibility (check the rank of a matrix
 representation).  But it is mostly about (a) a "linear transformation"
 constructor for beginners' use, (b) lots of documentation, (c) specialized
 output routines, so it is clear when a morphism runs between two vecto5r
 space (not just two free modules).

 (c) required lots of doctest changes.  When the example was complicated
 and involved two vector spaces, I usually changed the output to match the
 new format for the new morphisms.  When teh example was simple, I tried to
 "roll it back" to involve two free modules, to fully exercise that code.

 Additionally, there were a lot of doctests with matrices of the wrong
 size, reversing domain and codomain, that managed to pass due to the bug
 listed in #10793.  Tighter controls here required fixing a lot of these.

 '''Depends:'''
   1. #11552
   1. #11553

 '''Apply:'''
   1. [attachment:trac_11556-linear-transformations-v3.patch]

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