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solveit
on Aug 15, 2024
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Galois Theory
Stack the vectors up so it's a matrix and take the determinant. The sign tells you which one it is.
gowld
on Aug 15, 2024
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No, it does not. The determinant tells you whether two bases have the same or different handedness, not which one is "left" or "right".
lanstin
on Aug 15, 2024
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It's 2 cosets, one is arbitrarily left handed and the other arbitrarily right handed. If you are in an orientable space :) if not, then there's no global concept of left or right. a
fredilo
on Aug 15, 2024
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Formulated differently, you cannot determine left- and right-handedness but you can determine same-handedness.
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