Solution IVLT.C50 Robert Beezer
Determine the kernel of $S$ first. The condition that $\lt{S}{\begin{bmatrix}a & b\end{bmatrix}}=\zerovector$ becomes $(3a+b)+(5a+2b)x=0+0x$. Equating coefficients of these polynomials yields the system \begin{align*} 3a+b&=0\\ 5a+2b&=0 \end{align*} This homogeneous system has a nonsingular coefficient matrix, so the only solution is $a=0$, $b=0$ and thus \begin{equation*} \krn{S}=\set{\begin{bmatrix}0 & 0\end{bmatrix}} \end{equation*} By Theorem KILT, we know $S$ is injective. With $\nullity{S}=0$ we employ Theorem RPNDD to find \begin{equation*} \rank{S}=\rank{S}+0=\rank{S}+\nullity{S}=\dimension{M_{12}}=2=\dimension{P_1} \end{equation*} Since $\rng{S}\subseteq P_1$ and $\dimension{\rng{S}}=\dimension{P_1}$, we can apply Theorem EDYES to obtain the set equality $\rng{S}=P_1$ and therefore $S$ is surjective.

One of the two defining conditions of an invertible linear transformation is (Definition IVLT) \begin{align*} \lt{\left(\compose{S}{R}\right)}{a+bx}&=\lt{S}{\lt{R}{a+bx}}\\ &=\lt{S}{\begin{bmatrix}(2a-b) & (-5a+3b)\end{bmatrix}}\\ &=\left(3(2a-b)+(-5a+3b)\right)+\left(5(2a-b)+2(-5a+3b)\right)x\\ &=\left((6a-3b)+(-5a+3b)\right)+\left((10a-5b)+(-10a+6b)\right)x\\ &=a+bx\\ &=\lt{I_{P_1}}{a+bx} \end{align*} That $\lt{\left(\compose{R}{S}\right)}{\begin{bmatrix}a & b\end{bmatrix}}= \lt{I_{M_{12}}}{\begin{bmatrix}a & b\end{bmatrix}}$ is similar.