MATH 225

REVIEW PROBLEMS III

In exercises 1-9, determine whether or not the indicated product satisfies the conditions for
an inner product in the given vector space.
1) In R 2 , let ( x1 , x 2 ), ( y1 , y 2 ) = x1 y1 x 2 y 2
2) In R 2 , let
3) In R 2 , let
4) In R 2 , let
5) In R 3 , let
6) In R 3 , let

(x1 , x2 ), ( y1 , y 2 ) = x1 x2 + y1 y 2
(x1 , x2 ), ( y1 , y 2 ) = x12 y1 + x2 y 2
(x1 , x2 ), ( y1 , y 2 ) = x1 y 2
(x1 , x2, x3 ), ( y1 , y 2 , y3 ) = x1 y1
(x1 , x2, x3 ), ( y1 , y 2 , y3 ) = x1 + y1

7) In the vector space M 2 of all 2x2 matrices, let

a1 a 2 b1 b2
a a , b b = a1b1 + a 2 b2 + a3b3 + a 4 b4
4 3
4
3
8) Let C be the vector space of all continuous functions mapping R into R, and let
1

f ,g =

f ( x) g ( x)dx.

9) Let C be the vector space of all continuous functions mapping R into R, and let
f , g = f (0) g (0).

10) Let C [a, b] be the vector space of all continuous real-valued functions with domain

[a,b]. Show that

, defined in C [a, b] by f , g = f ( x) g ( x)dx, is an inner product in

a

C [a, b] .This inner product is called the integral inner product.

11) Let C [0,1] be the vector space of all continuous real valued functions with domain

[0,1] .Let
a) Find

, be defined in C [0,1] by

(x + 1), x .

f , g = f ( x) g ( x)dx.
0

b) Find x .
c) Find x 2 x .
d) Find sin x .
12) Show that sin x and cos x are orthogonal functions in the vector space C [0, ]
Of Exercise 10, with the inner product defined there.
13) Let C [0,1] be the vector space of all continuous real valued functions with domain

[0,1] .Let

, be defined in C [0,1] by

f , g = f ( x) g ( x)dx.
0

 x1
y1
14) Let A be an nxn real matrix, and let X = M and Y = M be column n x n
y n
tuples.
a) Verify that X , Y = X T Y , where , is the standard inner product on R n .

b) Show that AX , Y = X T AT Y = X , A t Y .
c) If A is symmetric, show that AX , Y = X , A Y .What can be said if A is

skew-symmetric?