RTUEE / EC / EEEYr 2024 · Sem 42024

Q10Advanced Engineering Mathematics II

Question

2 marks

Define Inner product space.

Answer

An inner product space is a vector space V equipped with an inner product <u, v> satisfying conjugate symmetry, linearity in the first argument, and positive-definiteness.

  • Conjugate symmetry: <u, v> = conj(<v, u>)
  • Linearity: <au + bw, v> = a<u,v> + b<w,v> for scalars a, b
  • Positive-definiteness: <v, v> >= 0, with <v,v> = 0 iff v = 0

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