一个向量
在向量
上的投影
#card=math&code=P_a%28v%29&id=dzMvu),是
%5Chat%7Ba%7D#card=math&code=%28v%2C%20%5Chat%7Ba%7D%29%5Chat%7Ba%7D&id=jI8Rj), 这里
, 即与
同向的单位向量。由于
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故#card=math&code=a-P_a%28v%29&id=zVaqH)与向量
正交,于是
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进一步,如果
是
中的
-平面,则任意一个向量
%5E%5Ctop#card=math&code=v%3D%28v_1%2C%20v_2%2C%20v_3%29%5E%5Ctop&id=Dgkk3)在
上的投影是
%5E%5Ctop#card=math&code=%28v_1%2C%20v_2%2C%200%29%5E%5Ctop&id=fNTAe).
推而广之,如果
是有限维实欧几里得空间,
是非零子空间,记
是
的正交补子空间。如果
#card=math&code=%28e1%2C%20%5Cldots%2C%20e_n%29&id=SrwRg)是
的一个标准正交基,我们可以将它扩充为
的一个标准正交基#card=math&code=%28e_1%2C%20%5Cldots%2C%20e_n%2C%20e%7Bn%2B1%7D%2C%20%5Cldots%2C%20e%7Bk%7D%29&id=CXirg), 其中
. 则任意一个向量
%5E%5Ctop%20%3D%5Csum%7Bi%3D1%7D%5Ek%20vi%20e_i#card=math&code=v%3D%28v_1%2C%20%5Cldots%2C%20v_k%29%5E%5Ctop%20%3D%5Csum%7Bi%3D1%7D%5Ek%20vi%20e_i&id=bzKuY),在
与
上的投影分别是.
问题在于,如果
的一个标准正交基还不知道,怎么计算投影?答案是,用Gram-Schmidt正交化,先”制造”出
上的一个标准正交基,然后再用3中的方法计算投影。
从
投影到子空间
的映射是满射。向量
在
上的投影,记作
#card=math&code=P_W%28v%29&id=NfEuK), 可以由矩阵乘法给出:
%3DPv#card=math&code=P_W%28v%29%3DPv&id=unbRG), 其中
被成为从
到
的投影矩阵。可以证明投影是线性映射,于是,只要知道
的一个基被投影到哪些矩阵,就能求出
。由直和分解
, 以及投影的定义,可知
中任何向量,投影到
中,仍然得到这个向量本身。同理,对
中的向量,也是如此。所以在3中提到的那个标准正交基之下,矩阵
是
阶单位矩阵。