Linear Algebra and Its Applications · Problem 3.4.28

Orthogonality — Gilbert Strang

Mathematics · gram-schmidt-plane

Problem

Apply Gram-Schmidt to (1,−1,0)(1, -1, 0), (0,1,−1)(0, 1, -1), and (1,0,−1)(1, 0, -1), to find an orthonormal basis on the plane x1+x2+x3=0x_1 + x_2 + x_3 = 0. What is the dimension of this subspace, and how many nonzero vectors come out of Gram-Schmidt?

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