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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 2 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2021 Paper 1 5 g Solution by
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At the angles in part (f),Let the two diagonal matrices be and . Multiplication givesThe vector condition is exactly . For , the general form is thereforeEvery pair is attainable, for example with and . The transformation need not be orthogonal or invertible; the question asks only for diagonal rescalings with this one vector image. If and , no linear map can satisfy the condition. If , the entry is arbitrary as well.
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