Solution LT.C26 Robert Beezer
Check the two conditions of Definition LT. \begin{align*} \lt{T}{\vect{u}+\vect{v}} &=\lt{T}{\left(a+bx+cx^2\right)+\left(d+ex+fx^2\right)}\\ &=\lt{T}{\left(a+d\right)+\left(b+e\right)x+\left(c+f\right)x^2}\\ &=\colvector{2(a+d)-(b+e)\\(b+e)+(c+f)}\\ &=\colvector{(2a-b)+(2d-e)\\(b+c)+(e+f)}\\ &=\colvector{2a-b\\b+c}+\colvector{2d-e\\e+f}\\ &=\lt{T}{\vect{u}}+\lt{T}{\vect{v}} \end{align*} and \begin{align*} \lt{T}{\alpha\vect{u}} &=\lt{T}{\alpha\left(a+bx+cx^2\right)}\\ &=\lt{T}{\left(\alpha a\right)+\left(\alpha b\right)x+\left(\alpha c\right)x^2}\\ &=\colvector{2(\alpha a)-(\alpha b)\\(\alpha b)+(\alpha c)}\\ &=\colvector{\alpha(2a-b)\\\alpha(b+c)}\\ &=\alpha\colvector{2a-b\\b+c}\\ &=\alpha\lt{T}{\vect{u}} \end{align*} So $T$ is indeed a linear transformation.