05/05/2017 Unit7:HomeworkMUBARAKNALF

Instructor:GeorgeVaughan
Student:MUBARAKNALF
Course:MA311LinearAlgebra Assignment:Unit7:Homework
Date:5/5/17
DLS2A2017

Diagonalizethefollowingmatrix,ifpossible.

3 0
8 3

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AmatrixAisdiagonalizableifA = PDP forsomediagonalmatrixDandsomeinvertiblematrixP.Inthiscase,thecolumns
ofParelinearlyindependenteigenvectorsofAandthediagonalentriesofDareeigenvaluesofAthatcorrespond,
respectively,totheeigenvectorsinP.

LetAbethegivenmatrix.FindtheeigenvaluesofAbysolvingthecharacteristicequation,det(A I) = 0,for.Firstfindan
expressionfordet(A I).

3 0 0
det(A I) = det
8 3 0

3 0
det(A I) = det
8 3

det(A I) = (3 )( 3 ) (Typeyouranswerinfactoredform.)

Thismeansthatthecharacteristicequationis(3 )( 3 ) = 0.

Solvethecharacteristicequationfor.

(3 )( 3 ) = 0
= 3, 3

(Useacommatoseparateanswersasneeded.)

Nextfindabasisforeacheigenspace.Beginbyfindingabasiscorrespondingto = 3.Firstsubstitute = 3intothematrix

A Iandsimplify.Whatistheresult?

0 0

8 6

Nowwritetheresultingmatrixasanaugmentedmatrixfor(A 3I)x = 0,asshownbelow.

0 0 0
8 6 0

Noticethattheequation(A 3I)x = 0hasfreevariables,so = 3mustbeaneigenvalue.Determinethegeneralsolutionof

(A 3I)x = 0.

x1 3
= x2 4 (Simplifyyouranswer.)
x2
1

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Therefore,abasisfortheeigenspacecorrespondingto = 3isv1 = .
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05/05/2017 Unit7:HomeworkMUBARAKNALF
Repeattheprocesstofindabasisfortheeigenspacecorrespondingto = 3.Theaugmentedmatrixfortheequation
(A + 3I)x = 0isshownbelow.

3+3 0 0 6 0 0
=
8 3+3 0 8 0 0

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Therefore,abasisfortheeigenspacecorrespondingto = 3isv2 = .
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3 0
NextconstructPoftheformP = v1 v2 .Recallthatv1 = andv2 = .
4 1

3 0
P=
4 1

Finally,constructthediagonalmatrixDcorrespondingtothecolumnsinP.

3 0
D=
0 3

ThematricesPandDcanbeverifiedbycheckingthatAP = PD.

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