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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 ia Paper 1 1B Solution by
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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 reflectionSince 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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