Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
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Chapter 5 - Inner Product Spaces - 5.3 Orthonormal Bases: Gram-Schmidt Process - 5.3 Exercises - Page 257: 12

Answer

(a) the set is orthogonal. (b) the set is not orthonormal. (c) the set is not a basis for $R^4$.

Work Step by Step

Let $u=(-6,3,2,1)$ and $v=(2,0,6,0)$, then we have (a) since $u\cdot v=-12+0+12+0=0$, then the set is orthogonal. (b) since $\|u\|=36+ 9+4+1=50\neq 1$, then the set it is not orthonormal. (c) sine $R^4$ has dimension $4$ and the set has two vectors, then it is not a basis for $R^4$.
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