Linear Algebra : Norms

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Example Questions

Example Question #11 : Norms

Find the norm of the vector

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Example Question #12 : Norms

Find the norm of the vector

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Example Question #13 : Norms

Find the norm of the vector

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This can be simplified:

Example Question #14 : Norms

Let  for some real number .

Give  such that .

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, the norm, or length, of vector , is equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of its elements. Therefore, 

Set this equal to 4:

Example Question #15 : Norms

,

where  is a real number.

In terms of , give .

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, the norm, or length, of vector , is equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of its elements. Therefore, 

Example Question #12 : Norms

 

True or false:  is an example of a unit vector.

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True

False

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False

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 is a unit vector if and only if its norm, or length,  - the square root of the sum of the squares of its elements - is equal to 1. Find the length using this definition: 

, so  is not a unit vector.

Example Question #17 : Norms

 

True or false:  is an example of a unit vector.

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False

True

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True

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 is a unit vector if and only if its norm, or length,  - the square root of the sum of the squares of its elements - is equal to 1. Find the length using this definition: 

 

 is a unit vector.

Example Question #18 : Norms

Which of these functions could be that of a Euclidean norm operator? You may assume each function is onto.

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All of the other answers are norm operators

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Explanation:

This function's range is , the set of all real numbers. In short, this is set of all possible "distances between two given numbers" in elementary linear algebra.  would not be a norm. For example, , which is not a rational number (part of ). Similarly,  is also not a norm. We have, which is not a natural number.

Example Question #19 : Norms

The taxicab norm on  for a vector  is defined as 

Given , find .

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To find  given , we simply do what the taxicab norm formula tells us:

Example Question #14 : Norms

Find the euclidean norm of the vector 

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To find the euclidean norm of , we take the sum of the entries squared and take the square root:

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