Orthonormal Bases/Gram-Schmidt
Consider the matrix A = [1 2 4; 0 3 a1.3a1].
a) Find an orthonormal basis {q1, q2, q3} for the columns of the matrix A.
b) Find the matrix R for which A = QR, where Q is the matrix which expresses the vectors a1 and a2 as linear combinations of the orthonormal basis vectors. (Hint: what is the inverse of Q as discussed in class?)
c) From the result above, find the constants c1, c2, and c3 for which C1q1 + C2q2 + C3q3 = a1 + a2 + a3.