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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 ia Paper 1 1A Solution by
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Define the change-of-basis matrices by expressing each new basis vector in the corresponding old basis:Thus is , is , and both are invertible matrices: a linear combination of their columns is zero exactly when the same combination of the new basis vectors is zero. For any vector , its coordinate columns therefore satisfy ; likewise .
The matrix representation of a linear map givesMultiplying by the matrix inverse of and comparing with for every provesThe domain change of basis acts on the right, while the codomain change of basis acts on the left through its inverse.
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