Paper 4, Section I, G

Linear Algebra
Part IB, 2014

Let VV denote the vector space of all real polynomials of degree at most 2 . Show that

(f,g)=11f(x)g(x)dx(f, g)=\int_{-1}^{1} f(x) g(x) d x

defines an inner product on VV.

Find an orthonormal basis for VV.