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What forms a basis for the column space of A? - ANSWER-The pivot columns
of the original matrix A. Row reduction identifies which columns are pivots, but
the basis vectors must be taken from A itself. Source: Lay, Lay, and McDonald,
Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec. 4.3 (Linearly
Independent Sets; Bases), pp. 246-254.


State the Unique Representation Theorem. - ANSWER-If B = {b1, ..., bn} is a
basis for V, every x in V can be written in exactly one way as x = c1b1 + ... +
cnbn. Source: Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its Applications,
6th Global ed., Sec. 4.4 (Coordinate Systems), pp. 255-264.


What is the coordinate vector [x]_B? - ANSWER-The vector whose entries are
the unique weights c1, ..., cn in x = c1b1 + ... + cnbn. Source: Lay, Lay, and
McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec. 4.4
(Coordinate Systems), pp. 255-264.


How are coordinates found in R^n from a basis matrix P_B? - ANSWER-If P_B
= [b1 ... bn], solve P_B [x]_B = x. When B is a basis, P_B is invertible and
[x]_B = P_B^(-1)x. Source: Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its
Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec. 4.4 (Coordinate Systems), pp. 255-264.


What is the coordinate mapping x -> [x]_B? - ANSWER-A one-to-one linear
transformation from V onto R^n. It converts abstract vectors into coordinate
columns while preserving vector addition and scalar multiplication. Source:

,Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed.,
Sec. 4.4 (Coordinate Systems), pp. 255-264.


What happens if a vector space with a basis of n vectors contains more than n
vectors? - ANSWER-Any set with more than n vectors is linearly dependent.
Also, every basis for that vector space must contain exactly n vectors. Source:
Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed.,
Sec. 4.5 (The Dimension of a Vector Space), pp. 265-272.


Why is an orthogonal set of nonzero vectors linearly independent? - ANSWER-
Taking the dot product of a linear relation with each orthogonal vector isolates
its coefficient, forcing every coefficient to be zero. Source: Lay, Lay, and
McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec. 6.2
(Orthogonal Sets), pp. 382-390.


How are coordinates computed in an orthogonal basis {u1, ..., up}? -
ANSWER-For y in the span, y = c1u1 + ... + cpup with ci = (y dot ui)/(ui dot
ui). Orthogonality lets each coefficient be found separately. Source: Lay, Lay,
and McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec. 6.2
(Orthogonal Sets), pp. 382-390.


What are orthonormal vectors and an orthonormal basis? - ANSWER-An
orthogonal set is orthonormal when every vector has length 1. For an
orthonormal basis, the coordinate formula simplifies to ci = y dot ui. Source:
Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed.,
Sec. 6.2 (Orthogonal Sets), pp. 382-390.


What matrix identities characterize orthonormal columns? - ANSWER-U has
orthonormal columns exactly when U^T U = I. Such a matrix preserves lengths
and dot products: ||Ux|| = ||x|| and (Ux) dot (Uy) = x dot y. Source: Lay, Lay,
and McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec. 6.2
(Orthogonal Sets), pp. 382-390.

, State the Orthogonal Decomposition Theorem. - ANSWER-For a subspace W
of R^n, every y can be written uniquely as y = y-hat + z, where y-hat is in W
and z is in W-perp. The vector y-hat is proj_W y. Source: Lay, Lay, and
McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec. 6.3
(Orthogonal Projections), pp. 391-399.


How is proj_W y computed from an orthogonal basis {u1, ..., up}? - ANSWER-
proj_W y = sum from i=1 to p of [(y dot ui)/(ui dot ui)] ui. Source: Lay, Lay,
and McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec. 6.3
(Orthogonal Projections), pp. 391-399.


State the Best Approximation Theorem. - ANSWER-The orthogonal projection
y-hat = proj_W y is the closest vector in W to y. For every v in W with v not
equal to y-hat, ||y - y-hat|| < ||y - v||. Source: Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear
Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec. 6.3 (Orthogonal Projections),
pp. 391-399.


How is projection written using an orthonormal-basis matrix U? - ANSWER-If
the columns of U form an orthonormal basis for W, then proj_W y = UU^T y.
Also, U^T y gives the coordinates of the projection in that basis. Source: Lay,
Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec.
6.3 (Orthogonal Projections), pp. 391-399.


What is the goal of the Gram-Schmidt process? - ANSWER-To convert a basis
{x1, ..., xp} for a subspace W into an orthogonal basis {v1, ..., vp} for the same
subspace. Source: Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and Its
Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec. 6.4 (The Gram-Schmidt Process), pp. 400-
405.


What is the Gram-Schmidt construction? - ANSWER-Set v1 = x1. For k > 1,
subtract from xk its projections onto the earlier orthogonal vectors: vk = xk
proj_Span{v1,...,v(k-1)} xk. Source: Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra
and Its Applications, 6th Global ed., Sec. 6.4 (The Gram-Schmidt Process), pp.
400-405.