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Properties of eigenvectors and eigenvalues

Computing algebraic and geometric multiplicities of eigenvalues and comparing them to decide which matrices are diagonalizable.

Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra, Properties of eigenvectors and eigenvalues

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Exercise 8.9.1

Find the algebraic and geometric multiplicity of each eigenvalue of the following matrices. Which of the matrices are diagonalizable?

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Exercise 8.9.2

Determine which of the following matrices are diagonalizable.

  1. AA is a 3×33\times 3-matrix with eigenvalues −1-1 and 33. The eigenvalue −1-1 has algebraic multiplicity 22 and geometric multiplicity 11. The eigenvalue 33 has algebraic and geometric multiplicity 11.

  2. BB is a 4×44\times 4-matrix with eigenvalues 22 and −2-2. The eigenvalue 22 has algebraic and geometric multiplicity 11. The eigenvalue −2-2 has algebraic and geometric multipl…

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Application: The matrix exponentialThe Cayley-Hamilton Theorem

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