Paper 1, Section II, B
Part IA, 2017
(a) Show that the eigenvalues of any real square matrix are the same as the eigenvalues of .
The eigenvalues of are and the eigenvalues of are , . Determine, by means of a proof or a counterexample, whether the following are necessary valid: (i) ; (ii) .
(b) The matrix is given by
where and are orthogonal real unit vectors and is the identity matrix.
(i) Show that is an eigenvector of , and write down a linearly independent eigenvector. Find the eigenvalues of and determine whether is diagonalisable.
(ii) Find the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of .