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Vector Spaces & Bases · Challenge problem

In P2P_2, let B={1, x, x2}B = \{1,\ x,\ x^2\} and C={1, x−1, (x−1)2}C = \{1,\ x-1,\ (x-1)^2\}. The change-of-basis matrix PC←BP_{C\leftarrow B} has as its columns the CC-coordinate vectors of 11, xx and x2x^2. Find the sum of all nine entries of PC←BP_{C\leftarrow B}.