1. Compute the symmetric LDL^T factorization of pmatrix a & b \ c & d pmatrix. (10%)

7. In $\mathbb{R}^4$, let $w_1 = (1, 0, 1, 0)$, $w_2 = (0, 1, 0, 1)$, $w_3 = (1, 0, 0, 0)$. Prove that $\{w_1, w_2, w_3\}$ is linearly independent. Use the Gram-Schmidt process to compute the orthogonal vectors $v_1, v_2$ and $v_3$ such that $span\{w_1, w_2, w_3\} = span\{v_1, v_2, v_3\}$ and then normalize these vectors to obtain an orthonormal set. (15%)