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 360: 7

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Given: $v=(-3,6,1)$ Asuume $w=(w_1,w_2,w_3)$ is orthogonal to $v$ then $=0\\ -3w_1+6w_2+w_3=0\\ \rightarrow w_1=2w_2+\frac{1}{3}w_3$ Obtain: $w=\{(2t+\frac{1}{3}s,t,s);s,t \in R$ If we take $t=1,s=0 \rightarrow w_1=(2,1,0)$ If we take $t=0,s=3 \rightarrow w_2=(1,0,3)$ Obtain: $\begin{bmatrix} -3 & 6 & 1\\ 2 & 1 & 0\\ 1 & 0 & 3 \end{bmatrix} \approx \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 3\\ 2 & 1 & 0\\ -3 & 6 & 1\\ \end{bmatrix} \approx \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 3\\ 0 & 1 & -6\\ 0 & 6 & 10\\ \end{bmatrix} \approx \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 3\\ 0 & 1 & -6\\ 0 & 0 & -26\\ \end{bmatrix}$ We can notice that there are three independent row vectors. The basis of R^3 is $\{(-3,6,1);(2,1,0);(1,0,3)\}$
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