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Exercise 5

Avg difficulty 2.5

Describe geometric effect that the following matrices have on R2\real^2:

  1. A=[2002]A = \left[\begin{array}{rr} 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 \\ \end{array}\right]

  2. A=[4204]A = \left[\begin{array}{rr} 4 & 2 \\ 0 & 4 \\ \end{array}\right]

  3. A=[3−663]A = \left[\begin{array}{rr} 3 & -6 \\ 6 & 3 \\ \end{array}\right]

  4. A=[400−2]A = \left[\begin{array}{rr} 4 & 0 \\ 0 & -2 \\ \end{array}\right]

  5. A=[1331]A = \left[\begin{array}{rr} 1 & 3 \\ 3 & 1 \\ \end{array}\right]

Austin, Understanding Linear Algebra, §4.3 Diagonalization, similarity, and powers of a matrix, Exercise 5

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