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This module gives an example on function space.

We can also find basis vectors for vector spaces other than n .

Let P n be the vector space of n-th order polynomials on (-1, 1) with real coefficients (verify P 2 is a v.s. at home).

P 2 = {all quadratic polynomials}. Let b 0 t 1 , b 1 t t , b 2 t t 2 .

b 0 t b 1 t b 2 t span P 2 , i.e. you can write any f t P 2 as f t α 0 b 0 t α 1 b 1 t α 2 b 2 t for some α i .

P 2 is 3 dimensional.
f t t 2 3 t 4

Alternate basis b 0 t b 1 t b 2 t 1 t 1 2 3 t 2 1 write f t in terms of this new basis d 0 t b 0 t , d 1 t b 1 t , d 2 t 3 2 b 2 t 1 2 b 0 t . f t t 2 3 t 4 4 b 0 t 3 b 1 t b 2 t f t β 0 d 0 t β 1 d 1 t β 2 d 2 t β 0 b 0 t β 1 b 1 t β 2 3 2 b 2 t 1 2 b 0 t f t β 0 1 2 b 0 t β 1 b 1 t 3 2 β 2 b 2 t so β 0 1 2 4 β 1 -3 3 2 β 2 1 then we get f t 4.5 d 0 t 3 d 1 t 2 3 d 2 t

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n ω 0 n t is a basis for L 2

    0 T
, T 2 ω 0 , f t n C n ω 0 n t .

We calculate the expansion coefficients with

"change of basis" formula

C n 1 T t 0 T f t ω 0 n t
There are an infinite number of elements in the basis set, that means L 2
    0 T
is infinite dimensional (scary!).
Infinite-dimensional spaces are hard to visualize. We can get a handle on the intuition by recognizingthey share many of the same mathematical properties with finite dimensional spaces. Many concepts apply to both (like"basis expansion"). Some don't (change of basis isn't a nice matrix formula).

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Source:  OpenStax, Signals and systems. OpenStax CNX. Aug 14, 2014 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col10064/1.15
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