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Similarity (geometry)

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  1. Two sets in the Euclidean space are called similar to each other if one set is congruent to an enlargement of the other set.
  2. Two matrices A and B are called similar if P-1AP = B, for some matrix P. Similar matricies are used in diagonalization.