Expressing A for Orthogonal Vectors: Conditions on a,b & c

Join the discussion
Ask a follow-up here, or get your own question answered by working scientists, mathematicians and engineers — people, not an autocomplete.
Real named experts · corrections over time · the nuance an AI answer skips
3 replies · 1K views
akanksha331
Messages
5
Reaction score
0
Let a,b,c be three 3x1 vectors. Let A be a 3x3 upper triangular matrix which ensures that the 3x1 vectors d,e and f obtained using

[d e f]=A[a b c]

are orthogonal.

a)Express the elements of A in terms of vectors a,b and c.
b)what is the condition on a,b and c which allows us to find an orthogonalizing matrix A?
c)what is the condition on a,b and d which would allow that A be a diagonal matrix?please help me to solve problem
 
on Phys.org
I am sure I can solve the problem . I just want one hint to start the problem.