Für ${\displaystyle {}u_{1},u_{2}\in U}$ ist

${\displaystyle {}{\begin{aligned}(\psi \circ \varphi )(u_{1}+u_{2})&=\psi (\varphi (u_{1}+u_{2}))\\&=\psi (\varphi (u_{1})+\varphi (u_{2}))\\&=\psi (\varphi (u_{1}))+\psi (\varphi (u_{2}))\\&=(\psi \circ \varphi )(u_{1})+(\psi \circ \varphi )(u_{2})\end{aligned}}}$

und für ${\displaystyle {}u\in U}$, ${\displaystyle {}s\in K}$ ist

${\displaystyle {}{\begin{aligned}(\psi \circ \varphi )(su)&=\psi (\varphi (su))\\&=\psi (s\varphi (u))\\&=s\psi (\varphi (u))\\&=s(\psi \circ \varphi )(u),\end{aligned}}}$

was insgesamt die Linearität der Hintereinanderschaltung bedeutet.