The Gram-Schmidt process | Alternate coordinate systems (bases) | Linear Algebra | Khan Academy

Finding an orthonormal basis for a subspace using the Gram-Schmidt Process

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1:28 How to ensure a basis is orthonormal.
5:55 Replace v2 with the orthogonal projection of v2 onto v1 and the vector component of u orthogonal to v1.

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