Re: GramSchmidt function
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- Subject: [mg124636] Re: GramSchmidt function
- From: Chris Young <cy56 at comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:13:35 -0500 (EST)
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On 2012-01-26 08:24:21 +0000, Andie S. said:
> I am having trouble creating a function gramSchmidt[vList] to
> construct an orthogonal basis for a list of vectors, vList.
> any pointers on how to do this? Thanks!
I think all you need is Orthogonalize:
Orthogonalize by default generates a Gram=E2=80=93Schmidt basis.
Find an orthonormal basis for two 3D vectors:
In[1]:= Orthogonalize[{{1, 0, 1}, {1, 1, 1}}]
Out[1]= {{1/Sqrt[2], 0, 1/Sqrt[2]}, {0, 1, 0}}