Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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: 26

Answer

$$[x]_B=\left[ \frac{58}{13} \quad -1 \quad -\frac{4}{13} \quad 3\right]^T.$$

Work Step by Step

Let $x=(2,-1,4,3)$ and $B=\{ (\frac{5}{13},0,\frac{12}{13},0),(0,1,0,0),(-\frac{12}{13},0,\frac{5}{13},0),(0,0,0,1) \}$ To find the coordinates of $x$ relative to $B$, we have to find the following; $$\langle (2,-1,4,3),(\frac{5}{13},0,\frac{12}{13},0)\rangle =\frac{10}{13}+\frac{48}{13}=\frac{58}{13}$$ $$\langle (2,-1,4,3),(0,1,0,0)\rangle = -1$$ $$\langle (2,-1,4,3),(-\frac{12}{13},0,\frac{5}{13},0)\rangle = -\frac{24}{13}+\frac{20}{13}=-\frac{4}{13}$$ $$\langle (2,-1,4,3),(0,0,0,1)\rangle = 3.$$ Then, the coordinate matrix of $x$ relative to $B$ is given by $$[x]_B=\left[ \frac{58}{13} \quad -1 \quad -\frac{4}{13} \quad 3\right]^T.$$
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