Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 5 - Inner Product Spaces - 5.3 Orthonormal Bases: Gram-Schmidt Process - 5.3 Exercises - Page 257: 23

Answer

$$[x]_B=\left[ \frac{5\sqrt{10}}{10} \quad -2 \quad \frac{5\sqrt{10}}{10}\right]^T.$$

Work Step by Step

Let $x=(2,-2,1)$ and $B=\{ (\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10},0,\frac{3\sqrt{10}}{10}),(0,1,0),(\frac{-3\sqrt{10}}{10},0,\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10}) \}$ To find the coordinates of $x$ relative to $B$, we have to find the following; $$\langle (2,-2,1),(\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10},0,\frac{3\sqrt{10}}{10})\rangle =\frac{2\sqrt{10}}{10}+\frac{3\sqrt{10}}{10}=\frac{5\sqrt{10}}{10} $$ $$\langle(2,-2,1),(0,1,0)\rangle =-2$$ $$\langle(2,-2,1),(\frac{-3\sqrt{10}}{10},0,\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10})\rangle =\frac{-6\sqrt{10}}{10}+\frac{\sqrt{10}}{10} =-\frac{5\sqrt{10}}{10}.$$ Then, the coordinate matrix of $x$ relative to $B$ is given by $$[x]_B=\left[ \frac{5\sqrt{10}}{10} \quad -2 \quad \frac{5\sqrt{10}}{10}\right]^T.$$
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