Basis Vector = Brave Stoics
Basis vectors as brave stoics, holding up the whole space (though any n linearly independent vectors could do the job). (An anagram.)
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[Title] "BASIS VECTOR = BRAVE STOICS"
[Two arrows i and j] "What heroes! Our whole space depends on them!" "Meh, any set of n linearly independent vectors could do what they do." "BLASPHEMY"
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-06-20-basis-vector-brave-stoics/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)