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taghdh9

taghdh9

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2022-06-24

Linear transformation and its matrix
two bases:
A = { v 1 , v 2 , v 3 } and B = { 2 v 1 , v 2 + v 3 , v 1 + 2 v 2 v 3 }
There is also a linear transformation: T : R 3 R 3
Matrix in base A:
M T A = [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1 0 ]
Now I am to find matrix of the linear transformation T in base B.
I have found two transition matrixes (from base A to B and from B to A):
P A B = [ 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 ]
( P A B ) 1 = P B A = [ 1 2 1 6 1 6 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 3 1 3 ]
How can I find M T B ?

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EreneDreaceaw

EreneDreaceaw

Beginner2022-06-25Added 20 answers

Some notation: for a vector v R 3 , let [ v ] A denote the coordinate vector of v with respect to the basis A, and let [ v ] B denote the coordinate vector of v with respect to the basis B. both of these are column vectors. To put this another way,
[ v ] A = ( a 1 a 2 a 3 ) v = a 1 v 1 + a 2 v 2 + a 3 v 3
We can think of M T A as a "machine" with the property that, with the usual matrix multiplication, M T A [ v ] A = [ T ( v ) ] A . Similarly, P A B satisfies P A B [ v ] B = [ v ] A , whereas P B A satisfies P B A [ v ] A = [ v ] B . What we want is to "build" is a machine M T B for which M T B [ v ] B = [ T ( v ) ] B .
We can break the process of going from [ v ] B to [ T ( v ) ] B into three steps, each of which uses machinery that we already have. First, go from [ v ] B to [ v ] A with P A B [ v ] B = [ v ] A . Then, go from [ v ] A to [ T ( v ) ] A using M T A [ v ] A = [ T ( v ) ] A . Then, go from [ T ( v ) ] A to [ T ( v ) ] B using P B A [ T ( v ) ] A = [ T ( v ) ] B .
Putting it all together, we have
[ T ( v ) ] B = P B A [ T ( v ) ] A = P B A ( M T A [ v ] A ) = P B A M T A ( P A B [ v ] B ) = ( P B A M T A P A B ) [ v ] B
What we have found, then, is that the matrix which takes us from [ v ] B to [ T ( v ) ] B is the product P B A M T A P A B = ( P A B ) 1 M T A P A B . So, this is our matrix M T B .

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