NOTES FOR TEST 1: MATH 3500Proposition 1.1
The medians of a triangle intersect at a point that is two-thirds of theway from each vertex to the opposite side. it p 5
Exercise 1.2.17
For any
x,y
∈
,
x
−
y
≤
x
−
y
. Deduce that
x
−
y
≤
x
−
y
.
Definition
A set
V
∈
n
is called a
subspace
if:
0
∈
V
;Whenever
v
∈
V
and
c
∈
,
then
cv
∈
V
Whenever
v, w
∈
V,v
+
w
∈
V.
Proposition 2.1
The dot product has the following properties:
x
·
y
=
y
·
x
∀
x,y
∈
n
x
·
x
=
x
2
≥
0 and
x
·
x
= 0
⇐⇒
x
=
0(
cx
)
·
y
=
c
(
x
·
y
)
∀
x,y
∈
n
x
·
(
y
+
z
) =
x
·
y
+
x
·
z
Proposition 3.1
Let
v
1
,v
2
,...v
k
∈
n
Then V = Span(
v
1
,v
2
,...v
k
) is a
subspace.
Definition
Let V and W be subspaces of
n
. We say they are
orthogonal subspaces
if every element of V is orthogonal to every element of W.
Definition
A function T:
n
→
m
is called a
linear transformation
or
linear map
if itsatisfies:
T
(
u
+
v
) =
T
(
u
) +
T
(
v
) for all
u,v
∈
n
Whenever
v
∈
V
and
c
∈
,
then
cv
∈
V
Whenever
v, w
∈
V,v
+
w
∈
V.
Projection of
x
onto
y proj
x
y
=
x
·
y
y
2
y
Geometric interpretation of dot product
x
·
y
=
x
y
cosθ
Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality
|
x
·
y
|≤
x
y
Triangle Inequality
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