Consider the vectors u → 1 = [ 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 ] , u → 2 = [ 1 / 2 1 / 2 − 1 / 2 − 1 / 2 ] , u → 3 = [ 1 / 2 − 1 / 2 1 / 2 − 1 / 2 ] in ℝ 4 . Can you find a vector u → 4 in ℝ 4 such that the vectors u → 1 , u → 2 , u → 3 , u → 4 areorthonormal? If so, how manysuch vectors are there?
Consider the vectors u → 1 = [ 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 ] , u → 2 = [ 1 / 2 1 / 2 − 1 / 2 − 1 / 2 ] , u → 3 = [ 1 / 2 − 1 / 2 1 / 2 − 1 / 2 ] in ℝ 4 . Can you find a vector u → 4 in ℝ 4 such that the vectors u → 1 , u → 2 , u → 3 , u → 4 areorthonormal? If so, how manysuch vectors are there?
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Consider the vectors
u
→
1
=
[
1
/
2
1
/
2
1
/
2
1
/
2
]
,
u
→
2
=
[
1
/
2
1
/
2
−
1
/
2
−
1
/
2
]
,
u
→
3
=
[
1
/
2
−
1
/
2
1
/
2
−
1
/
2
]
in
ℝ
4
. Can you find a vector
u
→
4
in
ℝ
4
such that the vectors
u
→
1
,
u
→
2
,
u
→
3
,
u
→
4
areorthonormal? If so, how manysuch vectors are there?
Quantities that have magnitude and direction but not position. Some examples of vectors are velocity, displacement, acceleration, and force. They are sometimes called Euclidean or spatial vectors.
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