This document contains a worksheet with 14 exercises involving eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and their applications. The exercises cover determining whether matrices are similar or diagonalizable, using Cayley-Hamilton theorem to evaluate powers of matrices, finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices, solving systems of differential equations, and modeling population growth in predator-prey systems.
This document contains a worksheet with 14 exercises involving eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and their applications. The exercises cover determining whether matrices are similar or diagonalizable, using Cayley-Hamilton theorem to evaluate powers of matrices, finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices, solving systems of differential equations, and modeling population growth in predator-prey systems.
This document contains a worksheet with 14 exercises involving eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and their applications. The exercises cover determining whether matrices are similar or diagonalizable, using Cayley-Hamilton theorem to evaluate powers of matrices, finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices, solving systems of differential equations, and modeling population growth in predator-prey systems.
This document contains a worksheet with 14 exercises involving eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and their applications. The exercises cover determining whether matrices are similar or diagonalizable, using Cayley-Hamilton theorem to evaluate powers of matrices, finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices, solving systems of differential equations, and modeling population growth in predator-prey systems.
Mathematics for Engineering Students (MATH-203) Worksheet Nr. (11)
Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors and their applications
Exercise 1: Show that ( )
(3)
and
are not similar matrices.
Exercise 2:
Determine whether matrix such that ( )
is diagonalizable and, if so, find an invertible matrix
( )
( )
( )
] ( )
and a diagonal
Exercise 3:
Use Cayley-Hamilton theorem, to compute the indicated power of the matrix.
[
Exercise 4: (1) Prove that if is similar to , then is similar to . (2) Prove that if is diagonalizable, so is . (3) Let be an invertible matrix. Prove that if is diagonalizable, so is . (4) Let and be matrices, each with distinct eigenvalues. Prove that same eigenvectors if and only if .
and
have the
Exercise 5: Validate the Cayley-Hamilton theorem for the given matrices, and then use it to evaluate for each matrix. [
and
Exercise 6: Let
be
matrix with eigenvectors
eigenvalues (a) Find (b) Find
[ ]
[ ]
[ ] corresponding to
respectively, and What happens as
becomes large (i.e.,
[ ] )?
Exercise 7:
Find the companion matrix of ( )
. Then find the characteristic polynomial of ( ) and its eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Exercise 8:
Construct a non-triangular matrix with eigenvalues -2, 1, and 3. (Hint: you can use the properties of companion matrices).
Exercise 9:
Let matrices with eigenvalues , respectively. (a) Give an example to show that need not be an eigenvalue of . (b) Give an example to show that need not be an eigenvalue of . (c) Suppose correspond to the same eigenvector Show that, in this case, eigenvalue of and is an eigenvalue of Exercise 10: Find all (real) values of k for which is diagonalizable. [
is an
Exercise 11:
Solve the recurrence relation with the given initial conditions.
( ) . ( ) 3. ( ) .
Exercise 12:
Find the general solution, as a function of
( ) ( )
( )
to the given system of differential equations.
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
Exercise 13: Two species, X and Y, live in a symbiotic relationship. That is, neither species can survive on its own and each depends on the other for its survival. Initially, there are 15 of X and 10 of Y. If ( ) ( ) are the sizes of the populations at time months, the growth rates of the two populations are given by the system
Determine what happens to these two species.
Exercise 14: (Predator-Prey model)
Robins and worms cohabit an ecosystem. The robins eat the worms, which are their only source of food. The robin and worm populations at time years are denoted by ( ) ( ), respectively, and the equations governing the growth of the two populations are () ( ) () ( )
If initially 6 robins and 20 worms occupy the ecosystem, deter mine the behavior of the two populations over time. (Use Euler's formula in complex numbers to get your solutions in terms of
