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Quiz 6-Solution

The document is a math quiz with 6 multiple choice questions about matrix algebra topics like eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization, and similarity. It provides solutions and explanations for each question.

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Quiz 6; Tuesday, October 11

MATH 54 with Ming Gu


GSI: Eric Hallman

Student name:

You have 15 minutes to complete the quiz. Calculators are not permitted.
 
2 1
1. (4 points) Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix . State which eigenvector is
1 2
associated with which eigenvalue.
ANSWER: the characteristic polynomial of the matrix is (2−λ)(2−λ)−1 = λ2 −4λ+3 = (λ−3)(λ−1),
so the eigenvalues are 1 and 3.
 
1 1
An eigenvector with λ = 1 will be in the null space of A − I, which is , so any scalar multiple
1 1
 
1
of will do.
−1
   
−1 1 1
As for the eigenvector λ = 3, A − 3I is equal to , so any scalar multiple of will be an
1 −1 1
eigenvector.

2. (2 points) Find an invertible matrix P and a diagonal matrix D such that P −1 AP = D.


   
1 1 1 0
ANSWER: P = ,D= , perhaps different by scaling the columns of P or by swapping
−1 1 0 3
the columns of both P and D.

3. (6 points) Mark each statement as True or False. You do not have to explain your reasoning.

(a) If A is similar to B then A2 is similar to B 2 . TRUE: If P AP −1 = B then B 2 = P AP −1 P AP −1 =


P A2 P −1 .
(b) If A is similar to B then A and B have the same eigenvalues and eigenvectors. FALSE: they will
have the same eigenvalues but will not in general have the same eigenvectors.
(c) If AP = P D where D is a diagonal matrix then the nonzero columns of P are eigenvectors of A.
TRUE.
(d) Elementary row operations do not change the eigenvalues of a matrix. FALSE. Multiplying a row
by a scalar can easily change the eigenvalues of a matrix.
(e) If
 a matrix
 is diagonalizable then its columns are linearly independent. FALSE: As a silly example,
0 0
is diagonalizable. More generally, if its columns are LI then the matrix is invertible, but
0 0
a matrix does not need to be invertible in order to be diagonalizable.
(f) Any eigenvector of A is also an eigenvector of A2 . TRUE: A2 v = A(Av) = A(λv) = λ(Av) = λ2 v.

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