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 - True-False Review - Page 359: d

Answer

False

Work Step by Step

We have the notation for the inner product $P=\frac{}{||v||^2}v$ then $\\ ={||v||^2}v>\\ =-{||v||^2}v>\\ =-\frac{}{||v||^2}\\ =||w||^2-\frac{}{||v||^2}$ If we let $w=(1,1)$ and $v=(1,-1)$ then it becomes $||w||^2=2\\ ||v||^2=2\\ ^2=0\\ \rightarrow =2-0=2 \ne 0$ Hence, $w-P(w,v)$ is not orthogonal to $w$
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