Geometry and algebra of linear maps, vectors, and matrices
Diagonalization rewrites a matrix in its own most natural coordinate system, the one built from its eigenvectors. In that system the matrix is diagonal: it does nothing but scale each eigen-axis by its eigenvalue. A tangled transformation becomes a simple one.
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▶ Diagonalization