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Would all bases be sets of orthogonal (but not necessarily orthonormal) vectors?
Orthogonormal vectors are a set of vectors that are both orthogonal (perpendicular) and normalized (have a magnitude of 1). In other words, they are at right angles to each other and have a length of 1.
Orthogonormal vectors are important because they form a basis for vector spaces. This means that any vector in the space can be represented as a linear combination of the orthogonormal vectors. This makes calculations and transformations in vector spaces much easier.
Orthogonal vectors are simply at right angles to each other, while orthonormal vectors are not only perpendicular but also have a magnitude of 1. In other words, orthonormal vectors are a subset of orthogonal vectors.
To find basis vectors, you can use the Gram-Schmidt process, which is a mathematical algorithm for finding an orthogonal (or orthonormal) basis for a vector space. This involves taking a set of linearly independent vectors and transforming them into a set of orthogonal (or orthonormal) vectors.
Basis vectors are closely related to coordinate systems. In fact, the basis vectors of a coordinate system are the unit vectors that point in the direction of each coordinate axis. By using these basis vectors, any point in the coordinate system can be uniquely represented as a linear combination of the basis vectors, also known as coordinates.