Nonstandard scalar product

Task number: 2688

Let the scalar product over \(\mathbb C^3\) be given as:

\(\langle \mathbf x|\mathbf y \rangle= x_1\overline{y_1} + x_2\overline{y_2} + 2x_3\overline{y_3} + x_3\overline{y_2} + x_2\overline{y_3} \)

Determine for the following vectors \(\mathbf x\) and \(\mathbf y\):

1. the scalar product of \(\mathbf x\) and \(\mathbf y\)

2. the Euclidean norms of \(\mathbf x\) and \(\mathbf y\)

3. the distance between \(\mathbf x\) and \(\mathbf y\)

4. whether vectors \(\mathbf x\) and \(\mathbf y\) are orthogonal.

  • Variant 1

    \(\mathbf x^T=(4, 2, 3)\), \(\mathbf y^T=(1, 5, -2)\).

  • Variant 2

    \(\mathbf x^T=(3, 1, -2)\), \(\mathbf y^T=(1, -3, 2)\).

  • Variant 3

    \(\mathbf x^T=(2, -1, 4)\), \(\mathbf y^T=(5, 2, -2)\).

  • Variant 4

    \(\mathbf x^T=(2+i, 0, 4-5i)\), \(\mathbf y^T=(1+i, 2+i, -1)\).

Difficulty level: Easy task (using definitions and simple reasoning)
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