Determine if a transformation is linear

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Let W={(x,y,z)    x,y,zR+}W=\{(x,y,z)\;|\;x,y,z\in\mathbb{R}^+\} be the vector with defined operations:
  • (x1,y1,z2)+(x2,y2,z2)=(x1x2,  y1y2,  z1z2)(x_1,y_1,z_2)+(x_2,y_2,z_2)=(x_1x_2,\;y_1y_2,\;z_1z_2)
  • k(x,y,z)=(xk,  yk,  zk)k\cdot(x,y,z)=(x^k,\;y^k,\;z^k)
Note that the zero vector in WW is: 0=(1,1,1)\overrightarrow{0}=(1,1,1)

Consider the transformations L1:WWL_1:W\longrightarrow W and L2:WWL_2:W\longrightarrow W defined by:
  • L1((x,y,z))=(x4,y3,z2)L_1((x,y,z))=(x^4,y^3,z^2)
  • L2((x,y,z))=(x+y,y+z,x+z)L_2((x,y,z))=(x+y,y+z,x+z)
(a) Determine if L1L_1 is a linear transformation

(b) Determine if L2L_2 is a linear transformation
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