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Section 2.4 Exercises

Exercises Exercises

1.

Prove that (2.3.1) is an an inner product on \(RL^2\text{.}\) (Hint: parametrize \(\T\) by \(z = e^{i\theta}\) for \(-\pi \lt \theta \leq \pi\)).

2.

Prove that (2.3.2) is an inner product on \(W[a,b]\text{.}\)

3.

Prove that (2.3.3) is an inner product on \(TP\text{.}\)

4.

Prove the Pythagorean theorem in an inner product space \(V\text{;}\) that is, show that if \(\ip{x}{y} = 0\) for \(x, y \in V\) then
\begin{equation*} \norm{x}^2 + \norm{y}^2 = \norm{x + y}^2. \end{equation*}

5.

Define the elementary functions
\begin{equation*} e_n(t) = e^{2\pi i n t} \end{equation*}
where \(n \in \Z\) and for values of \(t \in [0,1]\text{.}\)
Prove that \(e_n \perp e_m\) when \(m \neq n\) as elements of \(C[0,1]\) and as elements of \(W[0,1]\) (that is, with respect to (2.1.1) and (2.3.2)). (This is precursor work to the development of orthonormal systems, which we will meet shortly.)