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Isometry/Several characterizations with orthonormal basis/Fact

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Let V and W be Euclidean vector spaces, and let

φ:V⟶W

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

  1. φ is an isometry.
  2. For every orthonormal basis ui, i=1,…,n, of V, φ(ui), i=1,…,n, is part of an orthonormal basis of W.
  3. There exists an orthonormal basis ui, i=1,…,n, of V such that φ(ui), i=1,…,n, is part of an orthonormal basis of W.