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congruence transformation

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congruence transformation [kən′grü·əns ‚tranz·fər‚mā·shən]
(mathematics)
Also known as transformation.
A mapping which associates with each real quadratic form on a set of coordinates the quadratic form that results when the coordinates are subjected to a linear transformation.
A mapping which associates with each square matrixAthe matrixB=SAT, whereSandTare nonsingular matrices, andTis the transpose ofS; ifArepresents the coefficients of a quadratic form, then this definition is equivalent to definition 1.


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