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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2024 Paper 1 18 b i Solution by
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The three coordinate basis vectors are eigenvectors, so is diagonal in those coordinates. Exactly one coordinate is multiplied by , while the other two are fixed. The three possibilities areThey are respectively reflections in the coordinate planes , and . Each is a Householder reflection with unit normal equal to the coordinate eigenvector carrying the eigenvalue .
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