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Provide reasons why each of the following is not an inner product on the given vector

Chapter 6, Problem 8

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Provide reasons why each of the following is not an inner product on the given vector spaces. (a) ((a.b).(c.d)) =ac bd on R2 . (b) (A, B) = tv(A 4- B) on U2x2(R). (c) (f(x),g(x)) = /J f'(t)g(t)dt on P(R), where ' denotes differentiation.

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QUESTION:

Provide reasons why each of the following is not an inner product on the given vector spaces. (a) ((a.b).(c.d)) =ac bd on R2 . (b) (A, B) = tv(A 4- B) on U2x2(R). (c) (f(x),g(x)) = /J f'(t)g(t)dt on P(R), where ' denotes differentiation.

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Definition

Let  be a vector space over . An inner product on  is a function that assigns, to every ordered pair of vectors  and  in , a scalar in , denoted , such that for all , and  in  and all  in , the following hold

(a) .

(b)

(c)  where the bar denotes complex conjugation.

(d) If , then  is a positive real number.

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