Inner product space

Change of inner product

Let | and ( | ) be inner products on a vector space 𝑉. Let {𝑣𝑗} and {𝑤𝑗} be orthonormal bases with respect to | and ( | ), and 𝑆 :𝑉 𝑉 be a change of basis such that 𝑆𝑤𝑗 =𝑣𝑗. Then 𝑆𝑣|𝑆𝑤 =(𝑣|𝑤) for all 𝑣,𝑤 𝑉. #m/thm/linalg

Proof

Let 𝑣 =𝑗𝛼𝑗𝑤𝑗 and 𝑤 =𝑗𝛽𝑗𝑤𝑗. Then

𝑆𝑣|𝑆𝑤=𝑆𝑗𝛼𝑗𝑤𝑗|𝑆𝑘𝛽𝑘𝑤𝑘=𝑗𝛼𝑗𝑣𝑗|𝑘𝛼𝑘𝑣𝑘=𝑗,𝑘―――𝛼𝑗𝛽𝑘𝑣𝑗|𝑣𝑘=𝑗,𝑘―――𝛼𝑗𝛽𝑘𝛿𝑗𝑘=𝑗,𝑘―――𝛼𝑗𝛽𝑘(𝑤𝑗|𝑤𝑘)=(𝑗𝛼𝑗𝑤𝑗|𝑘𝛼𝑘𝑤𝑘)=(𝑣|𝑤)

as required.


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