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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford
/
2021
/
Prelims
/
Mathematics I
/
4
/
b
/
iii
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford
/
2021
/
Prelims
/
Mathematics I
/
4
/
b
/
iv
/
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2026-10-25
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If every
∥
v
i
∥
=
1
, then each
diagonal
entry of the
Gram matrix
is
A
ii
=
⟨
v
i
,
v
i
⟩
=
1
, so its
matrix trace
is
n
. Using
iii
and the permitted
arithmetic-geometric mean inequality
,
0
≤
det
A
=
∏
i
=
1
n
λ
i
≤
(
n
∑
i
=
1
n
λ
i
)
n
=
(
n
tr
A
)
n
=
1
.
(1)
The bound is attained by any
orthonormal
family, whose
Gram matrix
is the
identity matrix
.
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