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Let F be a field and let D be a finite-dimensional vector space over. Suppose that dim D = k and pick two (ordered) bases b = (b 1 ,…, b k ) and c = (c 1 ,…, c k ) of D. Then
where the transition matrix (a ij )i,j=1,…,k is a non-degenerate (k × k)-matrix over \(\mathbb{F}\). We write
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Turaev, V. (2001). Algebraic Theory of Torsions. In: Introduction to Combinatorial Torsions. Lectures in Mathematics ETH Zürich. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8321-4_1
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