4.2 Composition of R
a
R
b
Transformations 115
h
j=0
¯
B
jτ
z
j
=
τ
j=0
Q
jτ
z
j
h
j=0
B
jτ
z
j
.
Moreover, if (4.10) is linear over GF (q),then¯r
j
= r
j
holds for any j, 1
j τ and Q
0τ
is nonsingular.
Proof.Since ¯eq
0
(i)andeq
0
(i) are the same, (4.4) holds in the case of
c =1,whereQ
00
is the identity matrix. Applying Lemma 4.1.1 τ times, c
from 1 to τ, we obtain the theorem.
Theorem 4.1.2. Let eq
0
(i) and ¯eq
0
(i) be the same and equivalent to the
equation
ϕ
0
(y(i, t +1))+[B
00
,...,B
h0
]ψ
lh
μν
(u, x, i)=0.
(a) If (4.10) is an R
a
R
b
transformation sequence and
¯
B
0τ
ψ
l
μν
(u(i, μ +1),
x(i, ν +1)) as a function of the variable x
i
is an injection, then for any linear
R
a
R
b
transformation sequence (4.9),B
0τ
ψ
l
μν
(u(i, μ +1),x(i, ν +1)) as a
function of the variable x
i
is an injection.
(b) If (4.10) is an R
a
R
b
transformation sequence and
¯
B
0τ
ψ
l
μν
(u(i, μ +1),
x(i, ν +1)) as a function of the variable x
i
is a surjection, then for any linear
R
a
R
b
transformation sequence (4.9),B
0τ
ψ
l
μν
(u(i, μ +1),x(i, ν +1)) as a
function of the variable x
i
is a surjection.
Proof. (a) Suppose that (4.10) is an R
a
R
b
transformation sequence and
¯
B
0τ
ψ
l
μν
(u(i, μ +1),x(i, ν + 1)) as a function of the variable x
i
is an injection.
For any linear (4.9), from Theorem 4.1.1, there exists an m × m matrix Q
0τ
such that
¯
B
0τ
= Q
0τ
B
0τ
. It follows immediately that for any parameters
x
i−1
, ..., x
i−ν
, u
i
, ..., u
i−μ
, B
0τ
ψ
l
μν
(u(i, μ +1),x(i, ν + 1)) as a function of
the variable x
i
is an injection.
(b) The proof of part (b) is similar to part (a), just by replacing“injection”
by “surjection”.
Notice that if for any linear R
a
R
b
transformation sequence (4.9), B
0τ
ψ
l
μν
(u(i, μ+1),x(i, ν +1)) as a function of the variable x
i
is a surjection, then for
any parameters x
i−1
, ..., x
i−h−ν
, u
i
, ..., u
i−h−μ
, y
i+τ
, ..., y
i−t
, the equation
eq
τ
(i) has a solution x
i
. If for any linear R
a
R
b
transformation sequence (4.9),
B
0τ
ψ
l
μν
(u(i, μ +1),x(i, ν + 1)) as a function of the variable x
i
is an injection,
then for any parameters x
i−1
, ..., x
i−h−ν
, u
i
, ..., u
i−h−μ
, y
i+τ
, ..., y
i−t
,the
equation eq
τ
(i) has at most one solution x
i
.
4.2 Composition of R
a
R
b
Transformations
Let X and U be two finite nonempty sets. Let Y
and Y be two column vector
spaces over a finite field GF (q) of dimensions m
and m, respectively, where
m
and m are two positive integers.