Department of Mathematics MAL 110 (Mathematics I) Tutorial Sheet No. 7 Cayley Hamilton Theorem, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

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Department of Mathematics MAL 110 (Mathematics I) Tutorial Sheet No.

7 Cayley Hamilton Theorem, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors


1. Verify Cayley Hamilton theorem for 1 0 A= 0 2 2 0 and nd A1 . 2. Verify Cayley Hamilton theorem for 1 0 A= 1 0 0 1 Show that for every integer n 3, An = An2 + A2 I 3. If A and B are square matrices of same order n and A is non-singular, prove that (A + B ).A1 .(A B ) = (A B ).A1 .(A + B ) for all B . 4. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the following matrix : (a) 2 A= 2 1 (b) [ A= 5. How are the eigenvectors of similar matrices related? 6. Examine whether the matrix A, where A is given by : 1 2 2 A= 0 2 1 1 2 2 is diagonalizable? 7. If a matrix A can be diagonalized using an orthogonal matrix, then show that A is symmetric. 8. Prove the following : (a) The eigenvalues of a Hermitian matrix are real. (b) Prove that the eigenvalues of a skew-Hermitian matrix are pure imaginary or 0. 0 1 1 0 ] 2 3 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 3

9. If a square matrix of order 3 has eigenvalues 1, 0, 1 with corresponding eigenvectors 1 1 , 0 1 1 , 0 1 1 1 respectively, then nd the matrix. 10. If 2 0 3

4 A= 0 0 then determine the eigenvalues of

5 3 0

I A + A2 + A1 11. Prove : The eigenvalues of A are conjugate of the eigenvalues of A. 12. If P is a unitary matrix, show that (a) A is Hermitian P AP is Hermitian. (b) A is unitary P AP is unitary. 13. Prove that the eigenvalues of a unitary matrix are of magnitude 1. 14. If A is an n n diagonalizable matrix and A2 = A, then show that each eigenvalue of A is 0 or 1. 15. Diagonalize : 7.3 0.2 3.7 A = 11.5 1.0 5.5 17.7 1.8 9.3 16. If A is a unitary matrix, then show that A= is also a unitary matrix. 17. Let A = B + iC , where B and C are Hermitian. Show that A is normal i BC = CB . 18. Prove that AT has some eigenvalues as square matrix A, and for distinct eigenvalues the eigenvectors corresponding to A and AT are mutually orthogonal. 19. Obtain the symmetric matrix B for the quadratic form :
2 Q = 5x2 1 + 24x1 x2 5x2 .

1 0

0 A

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