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AP Precalculus›Unit 4: Functions Involving Parameters, Vectors, and Matrices›Functions Involving Parameters, Vectors, and Matrices

Matrices as Functions and Models

Matrices transform vectors (rotations, dilations, reflections) and model change over time, like Markov chains.

Inverse and determinant
Composing transformations
Transition matrices

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4Functions Involving Parameters, Vectors, and Matrices

Parametric Functions
Implicitly Defined Functions and Conic Sections
Vectors
Matrices and Linear Transformations
Matrices as Functions and Models

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Also called: matrix inverse, transition matrix