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           | Artist | 
            J. Finkelstein | 
          
          
           | Description | 
           On the left, a reproduction of the Mona Lisa with a representation of two vectors superimposed on top of it. The red arrow represents a vector in three dimensions pointing directly up on the plane of the painting and the blue arrow represents a unique arbitrary vector on the painting. On the right is the result of a shear transformation on the image on the left. The blue arrow now represents a different vector, while the red one still represents the same vector. For this reason, the red vector is an  eigenvector of the transformation, and the blue vector is not. | 
          
          
           | Date | 
           20 October 2006 | 
          
          
           | Source/Photographer | 
           The image of the Mona Lisa used in this image is  Image:Mona_Lisa.jpeg. Arrows created using  w:Inkscape, transformations made using  w:GIMP | 
          
         
         
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