Linear Algebra tutorial: Change Basis

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Change Basis
By Kardi Teknomo, PhD.

Matrix Size & Validation Vector Algebra What is Vector? Vector Norm Unit Vector Vector Addition Vector Subtraction Vector Scalar Multiple Vector Multiplication Vector Inner Product Vector Outer Product Vector Cross Product <Next | Previous | Index> Vector Triple Cross 3D Projection Mapping Product www.PaintScaping.com Vector Triple Dot Product Based in Los Angeles. World leader in large-scale projection mapping. Scalar Triple Product Orthogonal & Orthonormal Vector In this page you will learn how you can transform a point from one coordinate system into another Cos Angle of Vectors coordinate system. Scalar and Vector Projection In the previous topic of Basis Vector, you have learned that we can change the coordinate system. Matrix Algebra Suppose you have a point with coordinate of in Euclidean space (with standard basis What is a matrix? Special Matrices coordinate and ). We want to find the coordinate of the same point in a new Matrix One Null Matrix Matrix Diagonal Is coordinate system form by basis vector and . The figure below shows that Diagonal Matrix? the new coordinate of the same point is . In this page, I will show you Identity Matrix how you will obtain the coordinate in the new coordinate system. Matrix Determinant Matrix Sum Matrix Trace Matrix Basic Operation Is Equal Matrix? Matrix Transpose Matrix Addition Matrix Subtraction Matrix Multiplication Matrix Scalar Multiple Hadamard Product Horizontal Concatenation Vertical Concatenation Elementary Row Operations Suppose we start with a point in the standard Euclidean basis and . We Matrix RREF want to transform it into a new space span by basis vectors and . First, we can do horizontal Finding inverse using RREF (Gauss-Jordan) concatenation of the new basis vectors into a matrix . Then, the coordinate of a point in Finding Matrix Rank using RREF the old basis is equal to the matrix multiplication of the augmented matrix of the new basis Matrix Inverse with coordinate of the point in the new basis . That is . Thus to get the coordinate of a Is Singular Matrix? Linear Transformation point in the new basis is the reverse, that is .

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Linear Algebra tutorial: Change Basis

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Example: Our point in the Euclidean basis is . Our new basis is vector and

. Augmenting the basis vectors form a matrix

. The inverse of the matrix is

. The coordinate of the point in the new coordinate is

Example: Now suppose we want to find back the coordinate of point system of basis vectors and from the coordinate

into Euclidean system. Augmenting the basis

vectors form a matrix

. We have our coordinate point

back.

Note:
Transformation of coordinate systems follows equality of matrix-vector multiplication where and , are the matrix of the respective basis vectors. In Euclidean coordinate system, the

basis vectors form identity matrix simplified into or .

. Thus, the formula

can be

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