Skip to content
Q31Section B (Part B)31 of 120

Orthonormality of sin⁡(nx)/sin⁡x\sin(nx)/\sin x under a weighted inner product

Let C[0,π]C[0,\pi] be the real vector space of real-valued continuous functions on the closed interval [0,π][0,\pi]. For positive integers nn, define fn∈C[0,π]f_n\in C[0,\pi] by

fn(x)={sin⁡(nx)sin⁡xif x∈(0,π), nif x=0, (−1)n−1nif x=π.f_n(x)=\begin{cases}\dfrac{\sin(nx)}{\sin x}&\text{if }x\in(0,\pi),\ n&\text{if }x=0,\ (-1)^{n-1}n&\text{if }x=\pi.\end{cases}

Let VV be the real subspace of C[0,π]C[0,\pi] spanned by {f1,f2,f3}\{f_1,f_2,f_3\}. Consider the inner product on VV given by

⟨f,g⟩=2π∫0πf(x)g(x)sin⁡2x dx.\langle f,g\rangle=\frac2\pi\int_0^\pi f(x)g(x)\sin^2x\,dx.

Which of the following statements is true?

Options

Pick an option to check your answer.