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Solution Manual For A First Course in Linear Model Theory 2E Nalini Ravishanker Zhiyi Chi , Dipak

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Solutions to Chapter 1

1.1 |a • b| = | − 9| = 9, while kak kbk =

√ √ 6 22 ∼ = 11.489 > 9.

1.2 To verify the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality, first see that the inequality holds trivially if a and b are zero vectors. We therefore assume that both a and b are nonzero. Let c be the vector c = xa − yb, where x = b0 b, and y = a0 b. Clearly, c0 c ≥ 0. We express c0 c in terms of x and y: c0 c = (xa − yb)0 (xa − yb) = x2 a0 a − 2xya0 b + y 2 b0 b. Since c0 c ≥ 0, and using the definitions of x and y, we see that (b0 b)2 (a0 a) − 2(a0 b)2 (b0 b) + (a0 b)2 (b0 b) ≥ 0 and dividing by b0 b in the last inequality, we see that (b0 b)(a0 a) − (a0 b)2 ≥ 0, which verifies the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality. We use the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality to deduce the triangle inequality, which can be written in an equivalent form ka + bk2 ≤ (kak + kbk)2 . The expression on the left is ka + bk2 = (a + b) • (a + b) = a • a + 2a • b + b • b = kak2 + 2a • b + kbk2 while the expression on the right is (kak + kbk)2 = kak2 + 2kakkbk + kbk2 . Comparing these two formulas, we see that the triangle inequality holds if and only if a • b ≤ kak kbk. By Cauchy–Schwarz inequality, |a • b| ≤ kakkbk, so the triangle inequality follows as a consequence of the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality. The converse is also true; i.e., if the triangle inequality holds, then a • b ≤ kakkbk holds for a and for −a, from which Cauchy–Schwarz inequality follows. If equality holds, i.e., if a • b = kakkbk, then b = ca, for some scalar c. Hence, a • b = ckak2 , and kakkbk = |c|kak2 . For nonnull a, this implies that c = |c|, so that c ≥ 0. If b 6= 0, then b = ca, with c > 0. 1.3 Since x0 y = 0 = x0 z = y0 z, it follows that we must a2 + b2 = 1, and √ solve the equations √ 2 2 a − b = 0, for which the solutions are a = ±1/ 2 and b = ±1/ 2. 1.4 Let 

1  1 V=  0 −1

 2 0 0 −2 . 1 1 −1 1 1


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