Solution to Exercise 3.22.
Mathematics is
well and good, but nature keeps dragging us around by the nose.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
Exercise 3.22. Find the matrix of an affine transformation
that maps P(0, 0, 1) to P'(0, 2, 1), Q(1, 0, 1) to Q'(2,
1, 1), and R(2, 3, 1) to R'(7, 9, 1).
Let be the matrix of the affine transformation.
implies . Hence, a13 = 0 and a23 = 2.
implies .
Hence, a11 = 2 and a21 =
–1.
implies .
Hence, a12 = 1 and a22 = 3.
Therefore,
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