Change of Coordinates matrix.

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If Q is the change of coordinates matrix From some basis B to B', then Q inverse is the change of coordinates matrix from B' to B? Is this true?

I think/ know it is the, but don't know how to prove it

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It's true, and it is a consequence of linearity and the definion of inverse matrix. If you have a Basis $\{\mathbf{e}_i\}$ and a linear transformation $\mathbf{e'}_i=Q\mathbf{e}_i$ than : $\mathbf{e}_i=I\mathbf{e}_i=Q^{-1}Q\mathbf{e}_i=Q^{-1}\mathbf{e'}_i$, and since any vector $\mathbf{v}$ can be expressed as a linear combination $\mathbf{v}=\sum_i v_i\mathbf{e}_i$, the same hold for any vector.