lecture 8
lecture 8
1- Eigenvalues
2- Eigenvectors
Example
Example
0 0 −2
𝐴= 1 2 1
1 0 3
solution 2
|𝐴 − 𝜆𝐼| = 0
−𝜆 0 −2
1 2−𝜆 1 =0 → (1)
1 0 3−𝜆
The characteristic equation is
𝜆3 − 5𝜆2 + 8𝜆 − 4 = 0 ⇒ λ−1 λ−2 2
=0
, ⟹ 𝜆1 = 1, 𝜆2 = 2, 𝜆3 = 2
𝐴 − 𝜆1 𝐼 X=0
−1 0 −2 0
1 1 1 ቮ0 = 0
1 0 2 0
−1 0 −2 0
0 1 −1 ቮ0
0 0 0 0
l𝑒𝑡 𝑧 = 𝑡
𝑦−𝑧 =0⇒𝑦 =𝑡
−𝑥 − 2𝑧 = 0 ⇒ 𝑥 = −2𝑡
𝑥 −2𝑡
𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑣𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑋 = 𝑦 = 𝑡
𝑧 𝑡
𝐴 − 𝜆1 𝐼 X=0
−2 0 −2 0
1 0 1 ቮ0 = 0
1 0 1 0
𝑏𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
1
− 𝑅1 + 𝑅2 → 𝑅2
2
1
− 𝑅1 + 𝑅3 → 𝑅3
2
−2 0 −2 0
0 0 0 ቮ0 = 0
0 0 0 0
Fall 2023 (Engineering) Dr. Amaal Sayed
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
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l𝑒𝑡 𝑧 = 𝑡, y=s
−2𝑥 − 2𝑧 = 0 ⇒ 𝑥 = −𝑡
𝑥 −𝑡
𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑣𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑋 = 𝑦 = 𝑠
𝑧 𝑡
−𝑡
𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑠 = 0 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑋2 = 0
𝑡
0
𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡 = 0 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑋3 = 𝑠
0