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Orthogonal vectors

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Definition

Let VV be an inner product space over ℝ\R or ℂ\C. Two vectors x,y∈Vx, y \in V are orthogonal, written x⊥yx \perp y, when ⟨x,y⟩=0\langle x, y \rangle = 0, where ⟨⋅,⋅⟩\langle \cdot, \cdot \rangle is the inner product.

Remarks

The relation is symmetric, because ⟨y,x⟩=⟨x,y⟩‾\langle y, x \rangle = \overline{\langle x, y \rangle}. The zero vector is orthogonal to every vector, and it is the only vector orthogonal to itself. In ℝ2\R^2 with the dot product, (1,2)(1, 2) and (−2,1)(-2, 1) are orthogonal.

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