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Isometry/Several characterizations with orthonormal basis/Fact

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Let and be euclidean vector spaces, and let

denote a linear mapping. Then the following statements are equivalent.

  1. is an isometry.
  2. For every orthonormal basis , , of , , , is part of an orthonormal basis of .
  3. There exists an orthonormal basis , , of such that , , is part of an orthonormal basis of .