#PhysicsFactlet
If you want to represent a vector in a non-orthogonal basis you have two choices to find the components: project normal to the basis ("covariant components") or project parallel to the other basis vectors ("contravariant components").
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There's a related question I've struggled with - maybe you can help: How can one efficiently normalize a multi-fermion wave function composed of a determinant of single particle orbitals which are not orthogonal to each other?


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