FIND A VECTOR IN R4

Find a vector x∈R4, all of whose elements are distinct nonzero integers, for which ||x||1 = 11, another vector for which ||x||2 = 11, and yet another for which ||x||inf = 11

Answer 1

[Niels]

really? this does not look like homework, nooo

[1 1 1 8]
[1 2 4 100]
[1 1 1 11]

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

Use randi to generate four random integers. Test to see whether they have the desired property; if not then keep generating.

How long this will take will depend upon the original range you generate over.

Another approach would be to note that for all of those norms, adding another value cannot decrease the norm. So you can generate a random first value and test that the norm of it does not exceed the target; if it does then you keep generating. Then generate a second value and test that the combination of it and the first value does not exceed the norm; if it does then you keep generating the second value. And so on until the 4th. But you have to be careful: some initial sequences can make it impossible for the condition to be satisfied. You can do a lot better with some reasoning about the random number generation.