.

A=
Solution:

I=

The characteristic equation is

|A | = = =0

or =0
.
Thus, the eigenvalues of A are 0, 3, 15.
If x, y, z be the components of an eigenvector corresponding to the
eigenvalue , we have

(A I )X = 0

Putting l  0, we have 8x – 6y  2z  0, – 6x  7y – 4z  0,
2x – 4y  3z  0.
Similarly, the eigenvectors corresponding to  3 and  15 are the
arbitrary nonzero multiples of the vectors (2, 1, – 2) and (2, – 2, 1) which
are obtained from (i).

Hence the three eigenvectors may be taken as (1, 2, 2), (2, 1, – 2),
(2, – 2, 1).