Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Inner Product Spaces - 5.3 Orthonormal Bases: Gram-Schmidt Process - 5.3 Exercises - Page 257: 30

Answer

$B'=\{(\frac{51}{25},\frac{68}{25}),(\frac{3}{5},\frac{4}{5}))\}$ is orthonormal basis for $R^2$.

Work Step by Step

Let $B=\{ v_1=(4,-3),v_2=(3,2) \}$. Applying the Gram-Schmidt orthonormalization process produces $$w_1=v_1=(4,-3)$$ $$w_2=v_2- \frac{v_2\cdot w_1}{w_1\cdot w_1}w_1=(3,2)-\frac{6}{25}(4,-3)=(\frac{51}{25},\frac{68}{25}).$$ Normalizing $w_1$and $w_2$ produces the orthonormal set $$u_1=\frac{w_1}{\|w_1\|}=(\frac{4}{5},-\frac{3}{5})$$ $$u_2=\frac{w_2}{\|w_2\|}=\frac{5}{17}(\frac{51}{25},\frac{68}{25}) =(\frac{3}{5},\frac{4}{5}).$$ Hence, $B'=\{(\frac{51}{25},\frac{68}{25}),(\frac{3}{5},\frac{4}{5}))\}$ is orthonormal basis for $R^2$.
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