Least-sqaures approximation

Question 1

What is the main question in this chapter?

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How do we find approximate solutions to overdetermined systems?

Question 2

What is an overdetermined system?

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If A is an m x n rectangular matrix with m > n, then the linear system a Ax = b is overdetermined and will usually have no solutions.

Question 3

Define the inner product.

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Question 4

What norm is the inner product related to? And why?

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Question 5

What is the angle θ between x and y given by?

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Question 6

Define orthogonal.

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Question 7

When is the set S = {x₁, x₂, …. , x_n} orthogonal?

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Question 8

What is the theorem about an orthogonal set being a basis?

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Question 9

Prove the following theorem.

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Question 10

Define an orthonormal set.

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Question 11

Given an orthogonal set S, how can you construct an orthonomal set S’?

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Question 12

What is the theorem about the columns of a matrix Q being an orthonormal set?

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Question 13

Prove the following theorem.

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Question 14

Inner products are preserved under multiplication of what?

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Orthogonal matrices

Question 15

Show that inner products are preserved under multiplication by orthogonal matrices.

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Question 16

What is the discrete least squares problem?

Answer 16

Find x that minimizes the l₂ norm of the residual ||Ax - b||₂

Question 17

What is the range(A)?

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The set of all possible bectors Ax ∈ ℝ^m, where x ∈ ℝⁿ.

Question 18

Why is the range(A) only a subspace of ℝ^m?

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Because Ax is a linear combination of columns of A and there are only n < m of them, and in particular it will not, in general, contain b.

Question 19

In discrete least squares what are we looking to minimise?

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Question 20

How do you minimise ||r||₂?

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By choosing r orthogonal to Ax

Question 21

When minimising ||r||₂ what equation is satisfied?

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Question 22

What is the following equation called?

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The normal equation

Question 23

Prove the following equation is satisfied when minimsing ||r||₂.

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Question 24

What is the theorem about if a matrix A^TA is invertible?

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Question 25

Prove the following theorem.

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Question 26

What is the QR decomposition theorem?

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Question 27

What is the fastest way to compute Q and R?

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Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization.

Question 28

What is the algorithm for Gram-Schmidt

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Question 29

How can you construct QR decomposition of A?

Answer 29

Apply Gram-Schmidt to the set of columns of A, this produces a set of orthogonal vectors q_i. Then you write A in the following form.

Question 30

How does QR decomposition help in least squares?

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Question 31

What is the continuous least squares problem?

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It is to find a polynomial p_n ∈ P_N that minimises ||p_n - f||, in a given inner product.

Question 32

Define an inner product.

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Question 33

What does w(x) stand for in the following?

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The weight function

Question 34

What is the purpose of the weight function?

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To assign varying degrees of importance to errors on different portions of the interval

Question 35

Define the norm ||f|| using the following inner product.

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Question 36

What is the continuous least squares theorem?

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Question 37

Prove the following theorem.

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Question 38

Define a family of orthogonal polynomials.

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Question 39

What are the three options for normalising a family or orthogonal polynomials?

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Question 40

What is the three-term recurrence theorem?

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Question 41

Prove the following theorem.

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