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Homework Help: Inner Products in R2 other than euclidian

  1. Nov 13, 2011 #1

    corey2014

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    asdf
     
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    corey2014, Nov 13, 2011
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  3. Nov 13, 2011 #2

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    Hint: An inner product for a real vector space has to be symmetric, linear, and positive definition.
     
    D H, Nov 13, 2011
  4. Nov 13, 2011 #3

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    Yes, i know the definition, however i don't know how to show that it has to be linear, or that the dot product has to be of that form...
     
    corey2014, Nov 13, 2011
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