Thursday, 21 February 2013

matrices - Find matrix from Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues




A matrix A has eigenvectors
v1=(21)
v2=(11)



with corresponding eigenvalues λ1= 2 and λ2= -3, respectively.



Determine Ab for the vector b = (11)



I know how to find eigenvalues and eigenvectors from a given matrix A, but not this one,
the vector A is a 2x1 matrix, determinant does not exist here, so how to find the matrix A as stated in the question?


Answer



By definition of eigenvalue and eigenvector, we have
A(21)=2(21) and A(11)=3(11).
Now, since
(11)=23(21)13(11),
we have
A(11)=23A(21)13A(11)=....(using (1))


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