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Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization

A set of n vectors each with n values may form a basis for a vector space. However, in general these are not normalized (length is 1) nor are they orthogonal. A procedure to form an orthonormal basis for the vector space is called Gram-Schmidt orthonormalization. This site cotains a tool that computes the orthonormal basis numerically with the full precision of the floating point...

Keywords:: orthogonal, Gram-Schmidt, vector space, orthonormal, basis

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Mathematics and Statistics / Mathematics / Algebra and Number Theory / Linear Algebra

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: November 12, 2014
Date Modified in MERLOT:: November 16, 2014
Author:: Lawrence Turner, Southwestern Adventist University,
Submitter:: Sergey Belyi
Primary Audience:: College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
Technical Format:: Website