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Exercise 2

Avg difficulty 3.0

For each, find the characteristic polynomial and the eigenvalues.

  • (a)  (10−94−2)\begin{pmatrix}10&-9\\ 4&-2\end{pmatrix}     (b)  (1243)\begin{pmatrix}1&2\\ 4&3\end{pmatrix}     (c)  (0370)\begin{pmatrix}0&3\\ 7&0\end{pmatrix}     (d)  (0000)\begin{pmatrix}0&0\\ 0&0\end{pmatrix}     (e)  (1001)\begin{pmatrix}1&0\\ 0&1\end{pmatrix}

Hefferon, Linear Algebra, Similarity, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, Exercise 2

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