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xiaol3

I think we can always factorize a square matrix into the form of R^T D R. Does this mean it's true?

Jamie

I think the interpretation of R^TDR is very cool. First rotate, then scaling, then rotate back. But I am wondering why do we need to first rotate then rotate back. Can't we directly apply scaling?