Orthogonal matrices

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May 9th 2010, 10:00 AM
hmmmm

Orthogonal matrices

ok i've done this proof before, its pretty simple but i cant seem to do it now, and i have an exam tomorrow......
how do you show that Av.Au=v.u where A is an orthogonal matrix and u and v are vectors,
thanks for any help
May 9th 2010, 05:54 PM
tonio

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Originally Posted by hmmmm

ok i've done this proof before, its pretty simple but i cant seem to do it now, and i have an exam tomorrow......
how do you show that Av.Au=v.u where A is an orthogonal matrix and u and v are vectors,
thanks for any help

It is practically the definition of orthogonal matrix! Since $A^{-1}=A^{*}$ , $Av\cdot Au=v\cdot A^{*}Au=v\cdot Iu=v\cdot u$

Tonio
May 9th 2010, 10:00 PM
hmmmm

thanks very much!

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