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Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Exercise 3.3.6

Posted on July 10, 2016 by hecker

Exercise 3.3.6. Given the matrix and vector defined as follows find the projection of onto the column space of . Decompose the vector into the sum of two orthogonal vectors and where is in the column space. Which subspace is in? … Continue reading →

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Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Exercise 3.1.20

Posted on April 6, 2014 by hecker

Exercise 3.1.20. Suppose is a subspace of . Show that . What does this mean? Answer: We first consider the case where ; in other words, contains only the zero vector. From exercise 3.1.18 we know that . The only … Continue reading →

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Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Exercise 3.1.19

Posted on April 5, 2014 by hecker

Exercise 3.1.19. State whether each of the following is true or false: (a) If the subspaces and are orthogonal, then and are also orthogonal. (b) If is orthogonal to and orthogonal to then is orthogonal to . Answer: (a) In … Continue reading →

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Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Exercise 3.1.9

Posted on March 1, 2014 by hecker

Exercise 3.1.9. For the plane in spanned by the vectors and find the orthogonal complement (i.e., the line in perpendicular to the plane). Note that this can be done by solving the system where the two vectors are the rows … Continue reading →

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Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Exercise 3.1.8

Posted on February 23, 2014 by hecker

Exercise 3.1.8. Suppose that and are orthogonal subspaces. Show that their intersection consists only of the zero vector. Answer: If and are orthogonal then we have for any vectors in and in . Suppose that is an element of both … Continue reading →

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