Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Inner Product Spaces - 5.2 Orthogonal Sets of Vectors and Orthogonal Projections - Problems - Page 359: 1

Answer

$\{(\frac{\sqrt 5}{5},\frac{2\sqrt 5}{5}),(\frac{-2\sqrt 5}{5},\frac{\sqrt 5}{5})\}$

Work Step by Step

Let $v_1=(1,2)\\ v_2=(-4,2)$ Check: $(v_1,v_2)=((1,2),(-4,2))=1.(-4)+2.2=0$ Hence, $v_1$ and $v_2$ are orthogonal vectors in $R^2$ To determine an orthogonal set, we obtain: $$\frac{v_1}{||v_1||}=\frac{(1,2)}{||(1,2)||}=\frac{(1,2)}{\sqrt 1^2+2^2}=\frac{(1,2)}{\sqrt 5}=(\frac{\sqrt 5}{5},\frac{2\sqrt 5}{5})$$ $$\frac{v_2}{||v_2||}=\frac{(-4,2)}{||(-4,2)||}=\frac{(-4,2)}{\sqrt (-4)^2+2^2}=\frac{(-4,2)}{\sqrt 20}=(\frac{-2\sqrt 5}{5},\frac{\sqrt 5}{5})$$ Hence, a corresponding orthonormal set of vector is $\{(\frac{\sqrt 5}{5},\frac{2\sqrt 5}{5}),(\frac{-2\sqrt 5}{5},\frac{\sqrt 5}{5})\}$
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