This is a question from the textbook Elementary Linear Algebra: Applications Version which I am really struggling with.
Let $u = (u_1, u_2, u_3)$ and $v = (v_1, v_2, v_3)$. Show that the following expressions does not define an inner product on $\mathbb{R}^3$, and list all inner product axioms that fail to hold.
a) $\langle u, v\rangle = u_1^2v_1^2 + u_2^2v_2^2 + u_3^2v_3^2$
a) $\langle u, v\rangle = u_1v_1 - u_2v_2 + u_3v_3$
I have been told that the solution for a) is that axioms 2) and 3) do not hold but I do not understand how to prove that. I don’t think I understand the premise of the question, how can $\langle u, v\rangle = u_1^2v_1^2 + u_2^2v_2^2 + u_3^2v_3^2$ if $u = (u_1, u_2, u_3)$ and $v = (v_1, v_2, v_3)$, wouldn’t it rather be $\langle u, v\rangle = u_1v_1 + u_2v_2 + u_3v_3$?
The Axioms listed in the text book are as follows:
- $\langle u, v\rangle = \langle v, u\rangle$ (Symmetry axiom)
- $\langle u + v, w\rangle = \langle u, w\rangle + \langle v, w\rangle$ (Additivity axiom)
- $\langle ku, v\rangle = k\langle u, v\rangle$ (Homogeneity axiom)
- $\langle v, v\rangle \geq 0$ and $\langle v, v\rangle = 0$ if and only if $v = 0$ (Positivity axiom)