How do you prove this if x is a block vector with two vector elements, [[a],[b]] where a and b are vectors of size n and m respectively? norm(x)=sqrt(norm(a)^2+norm(b)^2)=norm([[norm a],[norm b]])

Alexander Lewis

Alexander Lewis

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2022-10-29

How do you prove this if x is a block vector with two vector elements, [ a b ] where a and b are vectors of size n and m respectively?
x = a 2 + b 2 = [ a b ]

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Zackary Mack

Zackary Mack

Beginner2022-10-30Added 12 answers

The norm | | x | | of a vector x = [ x 1 , x 2 ] T = [ α 1 , . . . α N , β 1 , . . . , β M ] T is given by
| | x | | = x T x = α 1 2 + . . . + α N 2 + β 1 2 + . . . + β M 2 = x 1 T x 1 + x 2 T x 2 = | | x 1 | | 2 + | | x 2 | | 2 .
Now, for the second part start with the right-hand side.
| | [ | | x 1 | | , | | x 2 | | ] T | | = | | [ α 1 2 + . . . + α N 2 , β 1 2 + . . . + β M 2 ] | |
= α 1 2 + . . . + α N 2 2 + β 1 2 + . . . + β M 2 2
= α 1 2 + . . . + α N 2 β 1 2 + . . . + β M 2 = | | x | |

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