Paper 1, Section II, B
Part IA, 2011
(a) Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix
(b) Under what conditions on the matrix and the vector in does the equation
have 0,1 , or infinitely many solutions for the vector in ? Give clear, concise arguments to support your answer, explaining why just these three possibilities are allowed.
(c) Using the results of , or otherwise, find all solutions to when
in each of the cases .