Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2004/ia/paper-1/1b/solution

Split the vector into its normal and tangential orthogonal projections:
A reflection in the plane negates the first component and preserves the second. Thus , giving the Householder reflection
Since and ,
The columns of a matrix representation of a linear map are the coordinates of the images of the ordered basis vectors. Consequently, in the orthonormal basis ,
Equivalently, with the orthogonal matrix , the change of basis formula is .

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