3.I.9B
Part IB, 2001
Let be the Hermitian matrix
Explaining carefully the method you use, find a diagonal matrix with rational entries, and an invertible (complex) matrix such that , where here denotes the conjugated transpose of .
Explain briefly why we cannot find as above with unitary.
[You may assume that if a monic polynomial with integer coefficients has all its roots rational, then all its roots are in fact integers.]