ECON2015 HOMEWORK 5 DEADLINE:

1. For the following matrices,:

a. find the eigenvalues (3 marks each)
b. find the corresponding eigenvectors (4 marks each)
c. find the trace1 of the matrix (3 marks each)
d. show that A and AT (3 marks each)
7 −10
i.
5 −8 [ ]
−1 0 0
ii.
[ ]1 −1 0
0 1 −1
2 1 1
iii.
[ ] 0 3 1
0 0 2

2 −3 1
( )
2. Let A= 1 −2 1 . Find the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenspaces.
1 −2 2
(8 marks)

3. Let A= [ 10 12] and B=[ 11 12]. Confirm or deny the hypothesis that eigenvalues of AB
and BA are the same. (10 marks)

4. Find a matrix P such that P-1AP is diagonal (10 marks each)

2 0 1
i. 0 1 0
0 0 3 [ ]
1 2 2
0 0
ii.
0 2 [ ] 0
2
iii. [ ]
5. Factorize the matrix A into a product XD X −1 , where D is diagonal:

A= (−25 −26 ) (10 marks)

1
The trace of a matrix is the sum of all the diagonal entries of the matrix and is denoted by tr(A)