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Find the coordinate vector of a vector with respect to a basis
ResourceFunction["CoordinateVector"][vec,basis] finds the coordinates of the vector vec with respect to the basis basis. | |
ResourceFunction["CoordinateVector"][vec,basis,var] finds the coordinates of a vector when the vector and the basis vectors are members of a function space consisting of functions of var. |
Get the coordinates of a given vector in a given basis:
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When ℝ1 is viewed as a vector space, its elements are singletons, i.e. (α). The standard basis for ℝ1 is {(1)}, so to find the coordinates of the vector (5) with respect to the basis {(1)}, proceed as follows:
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Find the coordinates of a vector in ℝ4 with respect to a basis of ℝ4:
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Verify the result:
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Find the coordinates of a vector in ℝ4 with respect to a basis for a three-dimensional subspace of ℝ4:
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Verify the result:
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Find the coordinates of a list of vectors with respect to a basis:
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Verify the result:
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Find the coordinate vector of a vector with symbolic entries:
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Verify the result:
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If the vectors listed as the basis vectors are not independent, an error message is returned:
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Check that the given list of vectors is not independent:
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If a vector is not in the span of the given list of vectors, an error message is returned:
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Check that at least one of the given vectors is not in the span:
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The standard basis for the space of 2×4 matrices is:
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Find the coordinate vector of the 2×4 matrix with respect to this basis:
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Verify the result:
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Find the coordinates of a matrix with symbolic entries:
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Check that the result is correct:
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Find the coordinates of a list of two vectors (functions) with respect to the standard basis {1,x,x2,x3} of the space of polynomials of degree at most 3:
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Verify the result:
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Find the coordinates of two vectors (functions) with respect to a basis for a two-dimensional subspace of the space of polynomials of degree at most 4:
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Verify the result:
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This example exploits trigonometric identities to find the vector's coordinates:
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Verify the result:
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Example involving exponential and hyperbolic functions:
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Verify the result:
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A more complicated function:
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Verify the result:
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The following example involves a dependent list of exponential and hyperbolic functions. The given list of vectors is dependent because the vector cos2(x) is a linear combination of 1 and cos(2x):
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