Change of Basis in 2D
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Given a point in the plane you can see its coordinates with respect to the standard basis , or compute its coordinates with respect to a different basis . The signed area of the parallelogram determined by this basis, , is a crucial quantity.
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Contributed by: Adriano Pascoletti (March 2011)
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Published: March 7 2011