MAE 3013—Engineering Analysis and

Methods I
HW 03
Instructor: Raman P. Singh
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2020

1. Let
 
3 5 3
A = 0 4 6
0 0 1

Find the eigenvalues of matrix A. Find the corresponding eigenvectors.

2. Are the following matrices symmetric, skew-symmetric, or orthogonal?

Determine the eigenvalues. Show your work in detail.
 
a b
A= ,
−b a

 
0 0 1
B= 0 1 0
−1 0 0

3. Prove that the product of two orthogonal matrices is orthogonal, and

so is the inverse of an orthogonal matrix. What does this mean in
terms of rotations?

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4. Calculate the principal stresses and their principal directions for the
following state of stress acting on a cube.