6.1. Introduction To Eigenvalues 31: Challenge Problems

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6.1.

Introduction to Eigenvalues 297

31 If we exchange rows 1 and 2 and columns 1 and 2, the eigenvalues don’t change.
Find eigenvectors of A and B for D 11. Rank one gives 2 D 3 D 0.
2 3 2 3
1 2 1 6 3 3
A D 4 3 6 3 5 and B D PAP T D 4 2 1 1 5 :
4 8 4 8 4 4

32 Suppose A has eigenvalues 0; 3; 5 with independent eigenvectors u; v; w.

(a) Give a basis for the nullspace and a basis for the column space.
(b) Find a particular solution to Ax D v C w. Find all solutions.
(c) Ax D u has no solution. If it did then would be in the column space.

33 Suppose u; v are orthonormal vectors in R 2 , and A D uvT . Compute A2 D uvT uvT


to discover the eigenvalues of A. Check that the trace of A agrees with 1 C 2 .

34 Find the eigenvalues of this permutation matrix P from det .P I / D 0. Which


vectors are not changed by the permutation? They are eigenvectors for D 1. Can
you find three more eigenvectors?
2 3
0 0 0 1
6 1 0 0 0 7
P D64 0 1 0 0 5:
7

0 0 1 0

Challenge Problems

35 There are six 3 by 3 permutation matrices P . What numbers can be the determinants
of P ? What numbers can be pivots? What numbers can be the trace of P ? What
four numbers can be eigenvalues of P , as in Problem 15?

36 Is there a real 2 by 2 matrix (other than I ) with A3 D I ? Its eigenvalues must satisfy
3
D 1. They can be e 2 i=3 and e 2 i=3 . What trace and determinant would this
give? Construct a rotation matrix as A (which angle of rotation?).

37 (a) Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of A. They depend on c :

:4 1 c
AD :
:6 c

(b) Show that A has just one line of eigenvectors when c D 1:6.
(c) This is a Markov matrix when c D :8. Then An will approach what matrix A 1 ?

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