Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Inner Product Spaces - 5.1 Definition of an Inner Product Space - True-False Review - Page 350: d

Answer

True

Work Step by Step

We have $x,y \in V$ Obtain: $\\ =+\\ =-+-\\ =||x||^2-||y||^2$ Take $\lt 0\\ \leftrightarrow ||x||^2-||y||^2 \lt 0\\ \leftrightarrow ||x||^2\lt ||y||^2$ Since $||x||^2 \gt 0,||y||^2 \gt 0 \\ \leftrightarrow ||x||\lt||y||$
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