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Types of Basis

Module by: Michael Haag, Justin Romberg

Summary: This module discusses the different types of basis that leads up to the definition of an orthonormal basis. Examples are given and the useful of the orthonormal basis is discussed.

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Normalized Basis

Definition 1: Normalized Basis
a basis b i b i where each b i b i has unit norm
∀i,i∈ℤ:∥ b i ∥=1 i i b i 1 (1)

note:

The concept of basis applies to all vector spaces. The concept of normalized basis applies only to normed spaces.
You can always normalize a basis: just multiply each basis vector by a constant, such as 1∥ b i ∥ 1 b i

Example 1

We are given the following basis: b0b1=111-1 b 0 b 1 1 1 1 -1 Normalized with ℓ 2 ℓ 2 norm: b ~ 0=1211 b ~ 0 1 2 1 1 b ~ 1=121-1 b ~ 1 1 2 1 -1 Normalized with ℓ 1 ℓ 1 norm: b ~ 0=1211 b ~ 0 1 2 1 1 b ~ 1=121-1 b ~ 1 1 2 1 -1

Orthogonal Basis

Definition 2: Orthogonal Basis
a basis b i b i in which the elements are mutually orthogonal ∀i,i≠j:< b i , b j >=0 i i j b i b j 0

note:

The concept of orthogonal basis applies only to Hilbert Spaces.

Example 2

Standard basis for ℝ 2 ℝ 2 , also referred to as ℓ 2 01 ℓ 2 0 1 : b0=10 b 0 1 0 b1=01 b 1 0 1 <b0,b1>=∑i=01 b 0 i b 1 i=1×0+0×1=0 b 0 b 1 i 1 0 b 0 i b 1 i 1 0 0 1 0

Example 3

Now we have the following basis and relationship: 111-1=h0h1 1 1 1 -1 h 0 h 1 <h0,h1>=1×1+1×-1=0 h 0 h 1 1 1 1 -1 0

Orthonormal Basis

Pulling the previous two sections (definitions) together, we arrive at the most important and useful basis type:

Definition 3: Orthonormal Basis
a basis that is both normalized and orthogonal ∀i,i∈ℤ:∥ b i ∥=1 i i b i 1 ∀i,i≠j:< b i , b j > i i j b i b j

notation:

We can shorten these two statements into one: < b i , b j >= δ i j b i b j δ i j where δ i j =1ifi=j0ifi≠j δ i j 1 i j 0 i j Where δ i j δ i j is referred to as the Kronecker delta function and is also often written as δi−j δ i j .

Example 4: Orthonormal Basis Example #1

b0b2=1001 b 0 b 2 1 0 0 1

Example 5: Orthonormal Basis Example #2

b0b2=111-1 b 0 b 2 1 1 1 -1

Example 6: Orthonormal Basis Example #3

b0b2=1211121-1 b 0 b 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 -1

Beauty of Orthonormal Bases

Orthonormal bases are very easy to deal with! If b i b i is an orthonormal basis, we can write for any xx

x=∑i α i b i x i α i b i (2)
It is easy to find the α i α i :
<x, b i >=<∑k α k b k , b i >=∑k α k < b k , b i > x b i k α k b k b i k α k b k b i (3)
where in the above equation we can use our knowledge of the delta function to reduce this equation: < b k , b i >= δ i k =1ifi=k0ifi≠k b k b i δ i k 1 i k 0 i k
<x, b i >= α i x b i α i (4)
Therefore, we can conclude the following important equation for xx:
x=∑i<x, b i > b i x i x b i b i (5)
The α i α i 's are easy to compute (no interaction between the b i b i 's)

Example 7

Given the following basis: b0b1=1211121-1 b 0 b 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 -1 represent x=32 x 3 2

Example 8: Slightly Modified Fourier Series

We are given the basis 1Tⅇⅈ ω 0 nt |n=-∞∞ n 1 T ω 0 n t on L 2 0T L 2 0 T where T=2π ω 0 T 2 ω 0 . ft=∑n=-∞∞<f,ⅇⅈ ω 0 nt>ⅇⅈ ω 0 nt1T f t n f ω 0 n t ω 0 n t 1 T Where we can calculate the above inner product in L 2 L 2 as <f,ⅇⅈ ω 0 nt>=1T∫0Tftⅇⅈ ω 0 nt¯dt=1T∫0Tftⅇ-ⅈ ω 0 ntdt f ω 0 n t 1 T t T 0 f t ω 0 n t 1 T t T 0 f t ω 0 n t

Orthonormal Basis Expansions in a Hilbert Space

Let b i b i be an orthonormal basis for a Hilbert space HH. Then, for any x∈H x H we can write

x=∑i α i b i x i α i b i (6)
where α i =<x, b i > α i x b i .
  • "Analysis": decomposing x x in term of the b i b i
    α i =<x, b i > α i x b i (7)
  • "Synthesis": building x x up out of a weighted combination of the b i b i
    x=∑i α i b i x i α i b i (8)

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