DIRE DAWA UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE

DEPARTEMENT OF MATHEMATICS

WORK SHEET FOR THE COURSE LINEAR ALGEBRA ON CHARACTERISTIC EQUATION

TARGET GROUP: COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS

1. Show that the vector [ ] is an eigenvector corresponding to the eigenvalue

for the matrix [ ].

2. Show that the vector [ ] is an eigenvector of the matrix [ ]

corresponding to the eigenvalue
3. Assuming is an eigenvector of a matrix such that , find the
corresponding eigenvalue .

a) [ ] [ ] c) [ ] [ ]

b) [ ] [ ] d) [ ] [ ]

4. Find the characteristic polynomial, characteristic equation , eigenvalues and

eigenvectors corresponding to the eigenvalues for the following matrices:
a) [ ] c) [ ] e) [ ] g) [ ] i) [ ]

b) [ ] d) [ ] f) [ ] h) [ ] j) [ ]

5. The characteristic equation of a matrix is given. What is the size of the matrix.
a) c)
b) d)
6. Find a matrix that has eigenvalues 1,−1, and 0, and for which;

[ ] [ ] [ ] are their corresponding eigenvectors respectively.

7. Using the expression(formula) find the characteristic

equation of the matrix; a) [ ] b) [[ ]] .

8. Given below show that and are similar matrices(that is show that ),
where the matrix is the similarity matrix.
a) [ ] , [ ] and [ ]

b) [ ] , [ ] and [ ]

9. Let [ ] and [ ] be given matrices. Then

a) Find a matrix , similar to .
b) Verify that
c) Verify that
d) Verify that

10. Show that the matrices [ ] and [ ] are similar.

11. Find the spectrum, and spectral radius, of the matrix .

a) [ ] b) [ ]

12. Show that the matrix diagonalizes the the matrix , by computing
and find the power of the matrix ,
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a) [ ]; [ ]

b) [ ]; [ ]

13. Find a matrix that diagonalizes , and check your work by computing
and find the power matrix

a) [ ] b) [ ] c) [ ] d) [ ]

14. Let [ ] be given matrix. Then partitioned the matrix into

blocks where the diagonal blocks must be square matrix.