Geometry and algebra of linear maps, vectors, and matrices
A projection answers "what is the closest point to b that lives in a given subspace?" Picture a point floating above a floor: its projection is the spot on the floor directly below it, the foot of the perpendicular. It is the best approximation of b available within the subspace.
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