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### Answer

The “if” direction is the most straighforward. First, if such an $E$
exists, then $\text{null }S \subset \text{null }T$. (To see this,
exists, then $\text{null }T \subset \text{null }S$. (To see this,
suppose $v\in\text{null }T$; that is, $T(v)=\mathbf{0}$. Since $S(v) =
E(T(v))$ we have $S(v)=E(\mathbf{0}) = \mathbf{0}$ and hence $v\in\text{null S}$.) Now
run the argument again, using $E^{-1}$ and conclude that $\text{null
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$w,w'\in \text{range T}$, with $w\neq w'$, such that $\tilde{E}(w) =
\tilde{E}(w')$. But this would mean that $\tilde{E}(w-w')=\mathbf{0}$
and therefore (by the definition of $\tilde{E}$) that
$\S(v'-v)=\mathbf{0}$ for some $v$ and $v'$ with $T(v)=w$ and
$S(v'-v)=\mathbf{0}$ for some $v$ and $v'$ with $T(v)=w$ and
$T(v')=w'$. But _that_ means (since the null spaces are equal) that
$T(v'-v)=\mathbf{0}$ and therefore $w=w'$. So $\tilde{E}$ cannot fail
to be injective.

It would fail to be injective if there were some $z\in \text{range }S$
that is not the image of any $w$ under $\tilde{E}$. But it's easy to
It would fail to be surjective if there were some $z\in \text{range }S$
that is not the image under $\tilde{E}$ of any $w$. But it's easy to
find the required $w$: starting from $z$, “go back to $V$ using $S$
and then forward to $W$ using $T$” following just the same argument above.

We have shown that $\text{range }S$ and $text{range T}$ are
We have shown that $\text{range }S$ and $\text{range }T$ are
isomorphic. But to finish the argument, we must show that $\tilde{E}$
has an extension to $W$. That is, we need to find an $E$ with
$E|_{\text{range }T}\tilde{E}$.
$E|_{\text{range }T}=\tilde{E}$.

Since $\text{range }T$ is a subspace, there is another subspace, say
$X_1$, such that $W=\text{range }T\oplus X$. (This is Axler 2.33, and
$X$, such that $W=(\text{range }T)\oplus X$. (This is Axler 2.33, and
relies upon $W$ being finite-dimensional.) That is, one can find a
subspace $X$ such that any vector in $w$ can be written uniquely as
subspace $X$ such that any vector in $W$ can be written uniquely as
the sum of a vector in $\text{range }T$ and a vector in $X$. Likewise,
we can find a subspace $Y$ such that $W=\text{range }S\oplus Y$.
we can find a subspace $Y$ such that $W=(\text{range }S)\oplus Y$.

Now -- and this is not very satisying -- since $W$ is
Now and this is not very satisying since $W$ is
finite-dimensional, and since $\text{range }S\cong \text{range }T$, we
must have $\text{dim }X = \text{dim }Y$. Thus $X$ and $Y$ are
isomorphic. So there is some invertible $\tilde{F}\colon X\to Y$.
isomorphic. So there is some invertible $\tilde{F}\colon X\to Y$.

Now we get to say what $E$ is. For $w\in W$, write $w = \tilde{w}+x$
where $\tilde{w}\in\text{range }T$ and $x\in X$. Set
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