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Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Calculation

This document calculates the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a 2x2 matrix. It finds the eigenvalues to be 2, i, and -i. It then calculates the eigenvectors corresponding to each eigenvalue, finding them to be [1, 0, -1], [1, 2+i, (2+i)/(2-i)], and [1, 2+i, (2+i)/(2-i)] respectively.

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Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Calculation

This document calculates the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a 2x2 matrix. It finds the eigenvalues to be 2, i, and -i. It then calculates the eigenvectors corresponding to each eigenvalue, finding them to be [1, 0, -1], [1, 2+i, (2+i)/(2-i)], and [1, 2+i, (2+i)/(2-i)] respectively.

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A short example calculating eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a

matrix
We want to calculate the eigenvalues and the eigenvectors of matrix A:

2 1 0
A = 1 1 1
1 1 1
We start by using the Characteristic polynomial to find the eigenvectors:

2 1 0
det(I A) = det 1 + 1 1
1 1 1

(Along the first row)


   
+ 1 1 1 1
= ( 2) det (1) det
1 1 1 1

= ( 2) (( 1)( + 1) + 1) + ( 1) 1 = ( 2)(2 + 1)
Setting the determinant to zero gives:

( 2)(2 + 1) = 0 = 2, i

To fing the eigenvector to = 2 we set upp the resulting linear system:

Ax = x = 2x (2I A)x = 0

0 1 0 x1
= 1 3 1 x2 = 0
1 1 1 x3
We solve this using Gaussian elimination. We start by exchaning first and last row
to get the zero in the bottom left corner (we could of course instead reduce to a lower
triangular matrix rather than upper as we do here):

1 3 1 x1
1 1 1 x2 = 0
0 1 0 x3
Next we add row 1 to row 2:

1 3 1 x1
0 4 0 x2 = 0
0 1 0 x3
And last we add 1/4 of row 2 to row 3:

1 3 1 x1
0 4 0 x2 = 0
0 0 0 x3
We notice that we get a zero row (which we can expect whenever we try and find an
eigenvector since we set the determinant to zero).

Looking at the 2nd equation we get 4x2 = 0 x2 = 0 which when put in the first
equation gives:

x1 x3 = 0 x3 = x1
and we get eigenvector

1
x = k 0
1
Where k is any non-zero constant.
Doing the same for = i gives

i2 1 0 x1
1 i + 1 1 x2 = 0
1 1 i 1 x3
Multiplying adding row 2 to row 3 as well as multiplying row 1 with (i 1)1 and ad
it to row 2 gives:
(i 2)1

1 0 x1
0 i + 1 + (i 2)1 1 x2 = 0
0 i+2 i2 x3
Putting row 2 on the same denominator and multiplying with the denominator gives:

1 (i 2)1

0 x1
0 (i + 2) (i 2) x2 = 0
0 i+2 i2 x3
Last row is a linear combination of the 2nd and we end up with:

1 (i 2)1

0 x1
0 2+i 2 + i x2 = 0
0 0 0 x3

2+i
The 2nd row gives (2 + i)x2 = (2 i)x3 x3 = x2 and the first row gives
2i
x1 = 1/(2 + i)x2 giving eigenvector:

2
1

2 + i
x = k 1

2+i
2i
Doing the same for the 3rd eigenvalue result in the same eigenvector as for = i.

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