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Remark: If you are uncomfortable with Greek letter , feel free to use your favorite letter such as k instead of . Hence where is nxn identity matrix.
since
How to find eigenvalue and eigenvectors Step 1: Solve Step 2: For each solve for . for
For a fixed , the set of all solutions of (*3) is called eigenspace for .
Example 1: Let
. Hence 7 is an eigenvalue of A
iff
Hence the solution is y=t, x=t, for any t R, Choose any is an eigenvector corresponding Example 2: Let . Find eigenvalues and eigenvectors of A. , say t=1.
Det
Solve
. Choose t=6. Then we have corresponding to Ans: Eigenvalues are 7 and -4. Eigenvector corresponding to is and
is an eigenvector
is an eigenvector corresponding to
Example 3: Let A=
(1) Find eigenvalues of A (2) Find eigenvectors corresponding to each eigenvalues. Solution: (1) EIgenvalues are solutions to Det ( )=0.
= So corresponding eigenvector to
We have two free variables, y=s, z=t for s,t R Solve for x from the 1st row, x=-3t+1/2 s and =
Also see textbook examples Example 1, Example 2 in page 296, Example 6 in page 299 Example 3 in page 297 Example 2 and Example 3 in http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/LinAlg/EVals_Evects.aspx