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Tutorial 5

The document contains 16 problems related to eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and diagonalizability of matrices. The problems involve finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors of given matrices, determining if matrices are diagonalizable, proving matrices are similar, and other tasks involving matrix diagonalization.

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MATHEMATICS-II (MATH F112)

Tutorial Sheet

Topic: Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors and Diagonalizability

1. Consider the matrix  


−2 0 1
 
A=
−5 3 a 

4 −2 −1

for some variable a. Find all values of a, which will prove that A has eigenvalues 0, 3, and -3.
 
1 2 4
 
2. Find the characteristic equation of the matrix L =  1
2 0 0.
0 13 0
 
1 2 3 1
 
0 −1 1 0
3. Let the matrix A =  . Find all the eigenvalues of A and all corresponding eigen-
 
0 0 2 3
 
0 0 0 5
vectors.
 
m 1 2 3
 
 0 2 1 −1
4. Let A =   be a 4 × 4 matrix, where m is some real number. Suppose that the
 
0 0 3 5 
 
0 0 0 2
matrix A has an eigenvalue 1 . Find all corresponding eigenvectors for the matrix A.

5. For a n × n matrix A with real entries. Prove that if A2 = −In , then there are no eigenvectors of
A corresponding to real eigenvalues.
 
1 0 0
 
6. It is known that the following matrix A = 
0  has two eigenvalues, 1 and 3. Find a basis
2 1
0 1 2
for each of the two eigenspaces corresponding to them. What are the algebraic and geometric
multiplicities of the eigenvalues?
 
2 1 0
 
7. Diagonalize (if possible) A =  1 2 0 .

1 1 1

1
   
2 1 1 1 −2 1
   
8. A = 
1 0 1 and B = −2 4 −2 are similar. Prove or disprove.
  
1 1 0 −3 6 3

9. If A is invertible, show that AB is similar to BA for all B.

10. Consider the map T : P2 −→ P2 given by

• T (p) = p(2x + 1).

• T (ax2 + bx + c) = 2ax + b.

Is T diagonalizable?

11. For which value of k is the following matrix diagonalizable


 
1 k 0
 
0 1 0 ?
 
0 0 2

 
1 0 0
 
12. Prove that A = 
1 2 3 is diagonalizable.
−1 1 0
 
a b
13. Consider the matrix A =  , where a and b are real numbers and b ̸= 0. (a) Find all
−b a
eigenvalues of A. (b) For each eigenvalue of A, determine the eigenspace Eλ .(c) Diagonalize the
matrix A by finding a nonsingular matrix P and a diagonal matrix D such that P −1 AP = D.
 k
1 −6
14. Find   .
2 −6
 
−1 −1 5
 
15. Compute A50 where A = 
−2 1 4 .

−2 −1 6
 
1 1 1
 
16. Diagonalize the matrix A = 1 1

. (Hint: Instead of finding the eigenvalues directly find the
1
1 1 1
Ker(A), which tells you whether 0 is an eigenvalue or not and what’s G.M. of E0 )

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