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Problems of Eigenvalues and Vectors

This document contains 7 exercises related to eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices. The exercises involve finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalizing matrices, computing powers and determinants of matrices using eigenvalues, and finding the Jordan canonical form.

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Problems of Eigenvalues and Vectors

This document contains 7 exercises related to eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices. The exercises involve finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalizing matrices, computing powers and determinants of matrices using eigenvalues, and finding the Jordan canonical form.

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L INEAR A LGEBRA

Exercise Sheet 09: Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues

Exercise 1. Consider the linear transformation TX, consisting in rotating R3 counterclock


wise, about the X axis, by an angle of .
a) Find the eigenvalues of the associated matrix.
b) Find the corresponding eigenspaces for = . What are the algebraic and geometric
multiplicities of the eigenvalues in this case?
c) Find a basis of R3 using as many eigenvectors as possible.

1 1
2
Exercise 2. Consider the matrix A = 1
0 1

0
1 :
1

a) Find the eigenvalues of A and their algebraic multiplicity.


b) Find the corresponding eigenspaces. What are the geometric multiplicities of the
eigenvalues?
c) Verify that the eigenvectors associated to the eigenvalues form an orthogonal basis
for R3 .
P
d) Find the spectral decomposition of A as A = 3i=1 i vi vti , where i are the eigenvalues of A, and vi appropriate corresponding eigenvectors.
e) Find a diagonal matrix D similar to A, and a matrix P such that A = PDP1 .
f) Find a diagonal matrix D0 similar to A10 , and a matrix P0 such that A10 = P0 D0 P01 ,
determine the eigenvalues of A10 , and finally compute A10 .

0 1

0 0
Exercise 3. Choose the last row of A =

3.


a b
Exercise 4. Consider the matrix A =
c d
an eigenvector, and find both eigenvalues.
1

0
1 so that A has eigenvalues 1, 2 and

 
1
, where a + b = c + d. Show that
is
1

Exercise 5. Given an n n matrix A, with eigenvalues 1 , . . . , n , not necessarily distinct,


show that
n
Y
det(A) =
i .
i=1

Note: this important property is used to compute determinants easily.

0
1
Exercise 6. Consider the following matrix: A =
0
0

0
0
1
0

0
0
0
1

1
0
.
0
0

a) Find the eigenvalues of A, A2 , A3 and A4 , and their algebraic multiplicities.


b) Use the eigenvalues from part a) to calculate the determinant of A and A2 .

Exercise 7. Find the Jordan canonical form J of each of the following matrices, and the
matrix P such that A = PJP1 . Compute the determinant of A.

4
0
1
a) A1 = 1 6 2
5
0
0

0 1 1
b) A2 = 1 0 1
1 1 0

6
3 8
0
c) A3 = 0 2
1
0 3

4 0 1
0
d) A4 = 0 3
1 0
2

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