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Slide Set 20c: Finding Fibonacci numbers
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Slide Set 22a: Symmetry, the Spectral Theorem, and More Happiness
Note Set 21a: The gentle art of changing basis
We explain how to change a vector's representation in the standard (or natural) basis to a new basis. As is so often the case, the problems boils down to solving an $\mathbf{A}\vec{x}=\vec{b}$ problem.
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21a: The gentle art of changing basis
Slide Set 20c: Finding Fibonacci numbers
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Slide Set 22a: Symmetry, the Spectral Theorem, and More Happiness