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Tutorial 11: SC-116 Algebraic Structures Autumn 2015 (Operators On Inner Products Spaces)

This document contains 7 problems related to algebraic structures and operators on inner product spaces: 1. Use the Gram-Schmidt process to orthogonalize the basis {1, x, x^2, x^3} of the vector space P3 of polynomials of degree ≤ 3, and express x^3 + 3x^2 + 2x + 3 as a linear combination of the resulting orthonormal basis. 2. Find the orthogonal projection of the vector b onto the subspace M spanned by given vectors, and represent the projection operator PM in both the standard and a convenient new basis. 3. Show that the operator R = 2uu^† - 1I is a reflection about the

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Tutorial 11: SC-116 Algebraic Structures Autumn 2015 (Operators On Inner Products Spaces)

This document contains 7 problems related to algebraic structures and operators on inner product spaces: 1. Use the Gram-Schmidt process to orthogonalize the basis {1, x, x^2, x^3} of the vector space P3 of polynomials of degree ≤ 3, and express x^3 + 3x^2 + 2x + 3 as a linear combination of the resulting orthonormal basis. 2. Find the orthogonal projection of the vector b onto the subspace M spanned by given vectors, and represent the projection operator PM in both the standard and a convenient new basis. 3. Show that the operator R = 2uu^† - 1I is a reflection about the

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Tutorial 11

SC-116 Algebraic Structures Autumn 2015


(Operators on Inner Products spaces)

(1) Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization


Consider the vector space P3 of polynomials with rational coefficients Rthat are of de1
gree less than or equal to 3 on the domain [1, 1]. Check that hf | gi = 1 f (x)g(x)dx
is an inner product on P3 . The monomials {1, x, x2 , x3 } form a basis of P3 . Use the
Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization process to produce an ONB of P3 . Express the
polynomial x3 + 3x2 + 2x + 3 as a linear combination of the ONB vectors.
(2) Projections

5
2

Determine the orthogonal projection of the vector b =


5 on to the Subspace M
3


4/5
0
3/5

0 0
0

where M = span
4/5 , 0 , 3/5. What matrix representation of the

0
1
0
operator PM that projects onto the M in the standard basis. Find a basis and representation of PM in this basis which is very convenient.
(3) Reflections
Let u be a unit vector in a finite dimentional vector space V over C show that the
operator R = 2uu 1I is a reflection about u.
(4) Rotations in R3

Perform a two rotations to get the vector v =

3
1
3
1
3


1
to the vector e1 = 0. Thus
0

find an orthogonal matrix Q such that Qv = e1


(5) Hermitian operators
Show that if A is a Hermitian operator on a finite dimensional space V then B =
1I + iA is invertible.
(6) Unitary operators
Show that if A is a Hermitian operator then
U = (1I iA)(1I + iA)1
is Unitary.
(7) Show that an operator that permutes an ordered basis is a Unitary transformation.

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