Quote (2wo1ne @ Oct 3 2014 12:40am)
isnt this part wrong?
|<u,v>|^2 = ||w + <u,v>/<v,v> · v||^2 ||v||^2
|<u,v>|^2 = ||w||^2 + |<u,v>/<v,v>|^2 · ||v||^2 ||v||^2
arent you missing a few components?
no. because v and w are orthogonal, therefore you can use pythagoreans theorem to show ||u||^2 = ||w||^2 + |<u,v>/<v,v>|^2 · ||v||^2
however i do see a mistake on my part which is
|<u,v>|^2 = ||w||^2 + |<u,v>/<v,v>|^2 · ||v||^2 ||v||^2
|<u,v>|^2 = ||w||^2 + ||u||^2 ||v||^2
i forgot to distribute the ||v||^2 to the ||w||^2 which makes it incorrect
you are supposed to divide by ||v||^2 on both sides.
|<u,v>|^2 / ||v||^2 = ||w||^2 + |<u,v>/<v,v>|
and this shows that ||w||^2 = 0. therefore w=0