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Diagonalisation and matrix powers
A = PDP⁻¹, computing Aⁿ, and the matrices that cannot be diagonalised.
With a full set of eigenvectors, A = PDP⁻¹ where D is diagonal, so Aⁿ = PDⁿP⁻¹: Fibonacci in closed form, Markov chains at equilibrium. Picture it: the transformation stretching along eigenvector directions and nothing else. Think it: symmetric matrices always diagonalise with orthogonal eigenvectors (the spectral theorem); defective ones need Jordan form.
Ví dụ đã làm · eigenvalues of [[4,1],[2,3]]
Eigenvalues of [[4,1],[2,3]]
Bước một bước
- \det(A - \lambda I) = 0
Eigenvalues are the roots of the characteristic polynomial.
- \det\left[\begin{matrix}4 - \lambda & 1\\2 & 3 - \lambda\end{matrix}\right] = 0
Subtract λ from the diagonal.
- \lambda^{2} - 7 \lambda + 10 = 0
Expand the determinant.
- \left(\lambda - 5\right) \left(\lambda - 2\right) = 0
Factor.
- \lambda = 5, \lambda = 2
Eigenvalues (with multiplicity).
- \lambda = 2:\ (A - \lambda I)\mathbf{v} = 0 \Rightarrow \mathbf{v} = \left[\begin{matrix}- \frac{1}{2}\\1\end{matrix}\right]
Solve (A − 2I)v = 0 for a basis eigenvector.
- \lambda = 5:\ (A - \lambda I)\mathbf{v} = 0 \Rightarrow \mathbf{v} = \left[\begin{matrix}1\\1\end{matrix}\right]
Solve (A − 5I)v = 0 for a basis eigenvector.
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Làm thế nào: Diagonalisation and matrix powers
- Eigenvalues are the roots of the characteristic polynomial.
- Subtract λ from the diagonal.
- Expand the determinant.
- Factor.
- Eigenvalues (with multiplicity).
- Solve (A − 2I)v = 0 for a basis eigenvector.
- Solve (A − 5I)v = 0 for a basis eigenvector.
Câu hỏi người ta hỏi
What does a determinant mean geometrically?
It is the factor by which the matrix scales area (2×2) or volume (3×3), with a negative sign if orientation flips. Zero means the matrix flattens space and cannot be undone.
What is an eigenvector?
A direction the matrix does not turn: it only stretches it by the eigenvalue. Along eigenvectors a complicated matrix acts like multiplication by a number.
Why is matrix multiplication not commutative?
Because a matrix is a transformation and AB means "do B, then A". Rotating then reflecting is not the same as reflecting then rotating.
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