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