Paper 1, Section I, 2A

Vectors and Matrices
Part IA, 2014

(a) What is meant by an eigenvector and the corresponding eigenvalue of a matrix AA ?

(b) Let AA be the matrix

A=(322102331)A=\left(\begin{array}{ccc} 3 & -2 & -2 \\ 1 & 0 & -2 \\ 3 & -3 & -1 \end{array}\right)

Find the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenspaces of AA and determine whether or not AA is diagonalisable.