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concept:orthogonal-decomposition-of-representation-spaceOrthogonal Decomposition of Representation Space
Mathematical structure central to distributed interchange interventions; representation space decomposed into orthogonal subspaces each aligned with a high-level variable.
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- Distributed Interchange Interventionassociated_withExtends interchange interventions to non-standard bases by rotating representations, intervening in rotated subspaces, then rotating back.
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