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: 5

Answer

The set $\{(\frac{3}{5},\frac{4}{5}),(-\frac{4}{5},\frac{3}{5})\}$is orthogonal, not orthonormal and it is a basis for $R^2$.

Work Step by Step

given $\{(\frac{3}{5},\frac{4}{5}),(-\frac{4}{5},\frac{3}{5})\}$ let $v_1=(\frac{3}{5},\frac{4}{5}),v_2=(-\frac{4}{5},\frac{3}{5})$ (a) since $v_1v_2=-\frac{12}{5}+\frac{12}{5}=0$ then, the set $\{(\frac{3}{5},\frac{4}{5}),(-\frac{4}{5},\frac{3}{5})\}$ is orthogonal. (b) scince $\left\|{v}_{1}\right\|=\sqrt{v_{1} \cdot v_{1}}=\sqrt{\frac{9}{25}+\frac{16}{25}}=\sqrt{\frac{25}{25}}=1$ $\left\|{v}_{2}\right\|=\sqrt{v_{2} \cdot v_{2}}=\sqrt{\frac{16}{25}+\frac{9}{25}}=\sqrt{\frac{25}{25}}=1$ then, the set $\{(\frac{3}{5},\frac{4}{5}),(-\frac{4}{5},\frac{3}{5})\}$ is orthonormal. (c) by the corollary to Theorem 5.10, $\{(\frac{3}{5},\frac{4}{5}),(-\frac{4}{5},\frac{3}{5})\}$ is a basis for $R^2$.
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