Linear Algebra/Orthogonal Sets

Orthogonal Sets

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Given a set  , where   through   are nonzero vectors of the same dimension, is an orthogonal set if

 

where  .

So, for example, if one has a set of 3 vectors with the same dimension (for example  ) and taking the dot product of each vector with each other vector all equal zero, it is an orthogonal set. This is illustrated below.

Example of Orthogonal Set
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We see that

 

 

 


Thus,   is an orthogonal set of vectors.