Given vectors a, b E R" for integer n > 1, show that ||a + b||? + ||a – b| = 2||a||? + 2||b||? What does it mean geometrically.

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Given vectors a, b e R" for integer n > 1, show that
||a +b||? + ||a – b||? = 2||a||? +2||b||?
What does it mean geometrically.
Transcribed Image Text:Given vectors a, b e R" for integer n > 1, show that ||a +b||? + ||a – b||? = 2||a||? +2||b||? What does it mean geometrically.
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