Paper 2, Section II, G

Linear Algebra
Part IB, 2011

Let nn be a positive integer, and let VV be a C\mathbb{C}-vector space of complex-valued functions on R\mathbb{R}, generated by the set {coskx,sinkx;k=0,1,,n1}\{\cos k x, \sin k x ; k=0,1, \ldots, n-1\}.

(i) Let f,g=02πf(x)g(x)dx\langle f, g\rangle=\int_{0}^{2 \pi} f(x) \overline{g(x)} d x for f,gVf, g \in V. Show that this is a positive definite Hermitian form on VV.

(ii) Let Δ(f)=d2dx2f(x)\Delta(f)=\frac{d^{2}}{d x^{2}} f(x). Show that Δ\Delta is a self-adjoint linear transformation of VV with respect to the form defined in (i).

(iii) Find an orthonormal basis of VV with respect to the form defined in (i), which consists of eigenvectors of Δ\Delta.