Tutorial Problem Set-II
Tutorial Problem Set-II
Tutorial Problem Set-II
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[0.0.3] Exercise Let V be a finite-dimensional vector space and let B = {u1 , . . . , un } be a basis for V.
Let hx, yi be an inner product on V. If c1 , . . . , cn are any n scalars, show that there is exactly one
vector x in V such that hx, u1 i = ci for i = 1, . . . , n.
[0.0.4] Exercise Let (V, h, i) be an inner product space. Show that hx, yi = 0 for all y ∈ V, then x = 0.
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xi yi is not an inner product on Cn .
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[0.0.5] Exercise Show that hx, yi =
i=1
[0.0.6] Exercise Let (V, h, i) be a finite inner product space. Prove that for v ∈ V − {0}, the set
W = {w ∈ V : hw, vi = 0} is a subspace of V of dimension dim V − 1.
[0.0.7] Exercise Decide which of the following functions define an inner product C2 . For x = (x1 , y1 ),
y = (y1 , y2 ).
1. hx, yi = x1 y2
2. hx, yi = x1 y1 + x2 y2
3. hx, yi = x1 y1 + x2 y2
[0.0.8] Exercise Let VP3 (x) be a subspace of real polynomials of degree at most 3. Equip V with the
inner product
Z1
hf, gi = f (x)g(x)dx
0
.
[0.0.10] Exercise Let V be the space of all n × n over R with the inner product hA, Bi = trace(AB t ).
Find the orthogonal complement of the subspaces of diagonal matrices.
[0.0.11] Exercise Let (V, h, i) be an IPS. Let α, β ∈ V. Then show that α = β if and only if hα, γi =
hβ, γi for all γ ∈ V.
[0.0.12] Exercise Apply Gram Schmidt process to the vectors u1 = (1, 0, 1), u2 = (1, 0, −1) and u3 =
(0, 3, 4) to obtain an orthonormal basis for R2 with the standard inner product.
2 1 −1
t 2
[0.0.13] Exercise Consider the inner product hx, yi = y AX on R where A = 1 1 0 . Find an
−1 0 3
orthonormal basis B of S := {(x1 , x2 , x3 ) : x1 + x2 + x3 = 0} and then extend it to an orthonormal
basis of R3 .
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[0.0.14] Exercise Let (V, h, i) be an IPS. Let ||u|| = hu, ui for all u ∈ V be the norm induced by h, i.
Then prove that ||u + v||2 + ||u − v||2 = 2||u||2 + 2||v||2 .
[0.0.15] Exercise Let (V, h, i) be a finite dimensional IPS. Let B = {u1 , u2 , . . . , un } be a basis of V. Then
prove that hu, vi = ȳ t Ax for all u, v ∈ V where x = (x1 , . . . , xn )t ,y = (y1 , . . . , yn )t are coordinates of
u and v with respect to basis B and aij = hui , uj i.