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  • Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space, let TT be a linear operator on VV that is self-adjoint, and let SS be the set of unit vectors of VV. The Rayleigh quotient of TT is the map RT:SRR_{T}:S\to\mathbb{R} sending each xSx\in S to…

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  • Elementary Properties of a Self-Adjoint Operator

    lemmalem:self-adjoint-elementary-properties-2026aAnalysisLinear Algebra
    Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space with zero vector 0V0_{V}, and let TT be a linear operator on VV that is self-adjoint. Then the following hold. 1. (Real values on the diagonal) For every xVx\in V the complex number…

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  • Elementary Arithmetic in an Ordered Field

    lemmalem:ordered-field-arithmetic-2026aAnalysisAlgebra
    Let FF be an ordered field, with the additive identity 00, multiplicative identity 11, additive inverses x-x and multiplicative inverses x1x^{-1} of a field, and with its order \le; write xy=x+(y)x-y=x+(-y). Let a,b,x,yFa,b,x,y\in F. Then the following hold.…

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  • The Orthogonal Complement of a Unit Vector

    lemmalem:orthogonal-complement-unit-vector-2026aAnalysisLinear Algebra
    Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space with zero vector 0V0_{V}, and suppose that VV is finite-dimensional and V{0V}V\ne\{0_{V}\}; write n=dimVn=\dim V for its dimension. Let uVu\in V be a unit vector, let u~V1\tilde{u}\in V^{1} be the…

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  • Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space and let WW be a linear subspace of VV. Then the orthogonal complement WW^{\perp} is a linear subspace of VV.

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  • Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space and let WW be a linear subspace of VV. The orthogonal complement of WW is the set W={xV : w,x=0  for every wW},W^{\perp}=\bigl\{x\in V\ :\ \langle w,x\rangle=0\ \text{ for every }w\in W\bigr\}, where 00 is the zero…

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  • Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space with zero vector 0V0_{V}, and suppose that VV is finite-dimensional and V{0V}V\ne\{0_{V}\}. The dimension of VV, written dimV\dim V, is the natural number nn for which there is an nn-tuple in VV t…

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  • Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space with zero vector 0V0_{V}, and suppose that VV is finite-dimensional and V{0V}V\ne\{0_{V}\}. Then the following hold. 1. (Existence) There are a natural number nn and an nn-tuple eVne\in V^{n} that…

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  • Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space, let mm be a natural number, and let bVmb\in V^{m} be an mm-tuple in VV that is linearly independent. For k[m]k\in[m], with [k][k] the initial segment determined by kk, write x[k]x|_{[k]} for the res…

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  • Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space, let mm and nn be natural numbers, and let eVne\in V^{n} and fVmf\in V^{m} be tuples in VV that are both orthonormal bases of VV. Then m=nm=n.

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  • The Sum of nn Ones is Strictly Increasing in nn

    lemmalem:sum-of-ones-strictly-increasing-2026aAnalysisAlgebra
    Let N\mathbb{N} be the set of natural numbers, with successor map SS and order relations << and \le, and for nNn\in\mathbb{N} let [n][n] be the initial segment it determines. Let R\mathbb{R} be the ordered field of real numbers, with additive identity 00 and multiplicative…

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  • Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space with zero vector 0V0_{V}, and let TT be a linear operator on VV that is self-adjoint and positive semi-definite. Let z|z| denote the modulus of a complex number zz. Then the following hold.…

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  • Let KK be a field, let VV be a vector space over KK with zero vector 0V0_{V}, and let WW be a linear subspace of VV. Then the following hold. 1. (Vector space) The set WW, equipped with the restrictions to WW of the addition and the scalar multiplication of VV, is a vect…

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  • Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space with zero vector 0V0_{V} and induced norm \lVert\cdot\rVert, and let dd be the map with d(u,v)=uvd(u,v)=\lVert u-v\rVert, which is a metric on VV by claim 3 of…

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  • Let (X,d)(X,d) be a metric space, equipped with the collection of all subsets that are open in (X,d)(X,d), which is a topology by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let KXK\subseteq X be nonempty and compact in XX. Let R\mathbb{R} be the set of real numbers with the order \le of its…

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  • A Distance-Preserving Bijection is a Homeomorphism

    lemmalem:distance-preserving-bijection-homeomorphism-2026bAnalysisTopology
    Let (X,dX)(X,d_{X}) and (Y,dY)(Y,d_{Y}) be metric spaces. Equip XX with the collection TdX\mathcal{T}_{d_{X}} of all subsets that are open in (X,dX)(X,d_{X}), which is a topology by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology, and equip YY with the corresponding collection TdY\mathcal{T}_{d_{Y}}. Write…

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  • Concatenation of Finite Sums

    lemmalem:finite-sum-concatenation-2026bAnalysisAlgebra
    Let KK be a field. Let N\mathbb{N} be the set of natural numbers, with addition ++ and successor map SS as in that definition, and for a natural number pp let [p][p] be the initial segment determined by pp, that is, the set of natural numbers kk with 1kp1\le k\le p. Let…

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  • Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space that has an orthonormal basis eVne\in V^{n} for some natural number nn, where VnV^{n} is the set of nn-tuples in VV. By Uniqueness of the Adjoint, and Existence in Finite Dimensions every…

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  • Let VV together with ,\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle be a complex inner product space with induced norm \lVert\cdot\rVert, which is a norm on VV by claim 2 of The Induced Norm is a Norm, and Induces a Metric. Let nn be a natural number, let eVne\in V^{n} be an nn-tuple in VV th…

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  • Properties of the Operator Norm

    lemmalem:operator-norm-properties-2026aAnalysisLinear Algebra
    Let VV be a complex vector space equipped with a norm \lVert\cdot\rVert, let SS and TT be bounded linear operators on VV, and let λ\lambda be a complex number with modulus λ|\lambda|. Write Sop\lVert S\rVert_{\mathrm{op}} and Top\lVert T\rVert_{\mathrm{op}} for their…

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