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Dot Product, Lengths, and Distances of Complex Vectors

Problem 689

For this problem, use the complex vectors
\[ \mathbf{w}_1 = \begin{bmatrix} 1 + i \\ 1 – i \\ 0 \end{bmatrix} , \, \mathbf{w}_2 = \begin{bmatrix} -i \\ 0 \\ 2 – i \end{bmatrix} , \, \mathbf{w}_3 = \begin{bmatrix} 2+i \\ 1 – 3i \\ 2i \end{bmatrix} . \]

Suppose $\mathbf{w}_4$ is another complex vector which is orthogonal to both $\mathbf{w}_2$ and $\mathbf{w}_3$, and satisfies $\mathbf{w}_1 \cdot \mathbf{w}_4 = 2i$ and $\| \mathbf{w}_4 \| = 3$.

Calculate the following expressions:

(a) $ \mathbf{w}_1 \cdot \mathbf{w}_2 $.

(b) $ \mathbf{w}_1 \cdot \mathbf{w}_3 $.

(c) $((2+i)\mathbf{w}_1 – (1+i)\mathbf{w}_2 ) \cdot \mathbf{w}_4$.

(d) $\| \mathbf{w}_1 \| , \| \mathbf{w}_2 \|$, and $\| \mathbf{w}_3 \|$.

(e) $\| 3 \mathbf{w}_4 \|$.

(f) What is the distance between $\mathbf{w}_2$ and $\mathbf{w}_3$?

 
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Inner Products, Lengths, and Distances of 3-Dimensional Real Vectors

Problem 687

For this problem, use the real vectors
\[ \mathbf{v}_1 = \begin{bmatrix} -1 \\ 0 \\ 2 \end{bmatrix} , \mathbf{v}_2 = \begin{bmatrix} 0 \\ 2 \\ -3 \end{bmatrix} , \mathbf{v}_3 = \begin{bmatrix} 2 \\ 2 \\ 3 \end{bmatrix} . \] Suppose that $\mathbf{v}_4$ is another vector which is orthogonal to $\mathbf{v}_1$ and $\mathbf{v}_3$, and satisfying
\[ \mathbf{v}_2 \cdot \mathbf{v}_4 = -3 . \]

Calculate the following expressions:

(a) $\mathbf{v}_1 \cdot \mathbf{v}_2 $.

(b) $\mathbf{v}_3 \cdot \mathbf{v}_4$.

(c) $( 2 \mathbf{v}_1 + 3 \mathbf{v}_2 – \mathbf{v}_3 ) \cdot \mathbf{v}_4 $.

(d) $\| \mathbf{v}_1 \| , \, \| \mathbf{v}_2 \| , \, \| \mathbf{v}_3 \| $.

(e) What is the distance between $\mathbf{v}_1$ and $\mathbf{v}_2$?

 
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Find the Distance Between Two Vectors if the Lengths and the Dot Product are Given

Problem 254

Let $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ be vectors in $\R^n$ such that their length are
\[\|\mathbf{a}\|=\|\mathbf{b}\|=1\] and the inner product
\[\mathbf{a}\cdot \mathbf{b}=\mathbf{a}^{\trans}\mathbf{b}=-\frac{1}{2}.\]

Then determine the length $\|\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}\|$.
(Note that this length is the distance between $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$.)

 
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