Let q be a unit vector in !Rn and let W be the subspace spanned by q. Show that the orthogonal projection of a vector v onto W is given by projw(v) = (qqT)v and that the matrix of this projection is thus qq T.

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Let q be a unit vector in !Rn and let W be the subspace spanned by q. Show that the orthogonal projection of a vector v onto W is given by projw(v) = (qqT)v and that the matrix of this projection is thus qq T.

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