Subsection 1.2.5 Unit ball
¶fit widthIn 3-dimensional space, the notion of the unit ball is intuitive: the set of all points that are a (Euclidean) distance of one from the origin. Vectors have no position and can have more than three components. Still the unit ball for the 2-norm is a straight forward extension to the set of all vectors with length (2-norm) one. More generally, the unit ball for any norm can be defined:Definition 1.2.5.1. Unit ball.
Given norm ‖⋅‖:Cm→R, the unit ball with respect to ‖⋅‖ is the set {x | ‖x‖=1} (the set of all vectors with norm equal to one). We will use ‖x‖=1 as shorthand for {x | ‖x‖=1}.
Homework 1.2.5.1.
Although vectors have no position, it is convenient to visualize a vector x∈R2 by the point in the plane to which it extends when rooted at the origin. For example, the vector x=(21) can be so visualized with the point (2,1). With this in mind, match the pictures on the right corresponding to the sets on the left:
(a) ‖x‖2=1.
(1)
(b) ‖x‖1=1.
(2)
(c) ‖x‖∞=1.
(3)
Solution
(a) \(\| x \|_2 = 1 \text{.}\)
(3)
(b) \(\| x \|_1 = 1 \text{.}\)
(1)
(c) \(\| x \|_\infty = 1 \text{.}\)
(2)