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pkukreja

How would we find the standard norm/inner product for non-orthonormal basis?

keenan

Good question. Here's one way to do it: suppose that the matrix A expresses the change in basis from the old orthonormal basis to the new non-orthonormal basis. In other words, if x is a vector in the old basis and x' is the corresponding vector in the new basis, then Ax = x', or equivalently, x = A^-1 x'. Hence,

< x, y > = x^T y = (A^-1 x')^T (A^-1 y') = x'^T (A^-1)^T A^-1 y.

In other words, in the new basis, the original inner product in the new basis is represented by the matrix

(A^-1)^T A^-1.

pkukreja

Thank you Prof. Keenan.

Shouldn't it be (A^-1)^T (A^-1) in the last line?

keenan

Yes, absolutely. Fixed! :-)