Solution

ID: 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

At the angles in part (f),
Let the two diagonal matrices be and . Multiplication gives
The vector condition is exactly . For , the general form is therefore
Every 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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