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  2. What is the importance of eigenvalues/eigenvectors?

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    Eigenvalues and eigenvectors are central to the definition of measurement in quantum mechanics. Measurements are what you do during experiments, so this is obviously of central importance to a Physics subject. The state of a system is a vector in Hilbert space, an infinite dimensional space square integrable functions.

  3. How to intuitively understand eigenvalue and eigenvector?

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    For symmetric matrices, Eigenvectors are orthogonal to one another. That's it. Once we know those, we can determine how matrix $\textbf{A}$ transforms vectors. The PCA is one of the applications of eigenvectors and eigenvalues. In PCA, the problem is related to data and variance accounted for in all components. In original data set, variance is ...

  4. Real life examples for eigenvalues / eigenvectors

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    5. In real life, we effectively use eigen vectors and eigen values on a daily basis though sub-consciously most of the time. Example 1: When you watch a movie on screen (TV/movie theater,..), though the picture (s)/movie you see is actually 2D, you do not lose much information from the 3D real world it is capturing.

  5. This webpage explains the difference between singular values and eigenvalues.

  6. linear algebra - finding eigenvectors given eigenvalues -...

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    i want to find its eigenvectors and eigenvalues. by the characteristic equation: det(A − λI)=. expanding the determinant: [8 − λ − 2 − 2 5 − λ] = λ2 − 13λ + 36 = 0. using the quadratic formula, λ = 9 or λ = 4, so the two eigenvalues are {9, 4}. when i try to get the eigenvectors, i run into problems. i plugin λ = 9 into the ...

  7. Over an algebraically closed field, every square matrix has an eigenvalue. For instance, every complex matrix has an eigenvalue. Every real matrix has an eigenvalue, but it may be complex. In fact, a field K is algebraically closed iff every matrix with entries in K has an eigenvalue. You can use the companion matrix to prove one direction.

  8. Do commuting matrices share the same eigenvectors?

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    They will share an eigenvector: suppose Ax = ax, then BAx = Bax and by commutativity A(Bx) = a(Bx), so if x is an eigenvector of A then Bx is an eigenvector of A with the same eigenvalue. Now look at the subspace V generated by x, Bx, B2x,..., which are all eigenvectors of A. Then V is invariant under B, so V also contains an eigenvector of B.

  9. This corresponds to writing the matrix in block form with each cycle representing a block. Each cycle of length $|c_i|$ has precisely the $|c_i|$'th roots of unity as eigenvalues. This tells you at least precisely when a collection of eigenvalues (with multiplicity) may correspond to a permutation matrix.

  10. Solved 6.2 MATLAB: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors LAB ACTIVITY -...

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    The eigenvectors in V are normalized, each having a magnitude of 1. [V, D] = eig (A) Use the following matrix C for this activity. 16 3 -8 C=0 -2 0 1 0 -3 Script Save e Reset DI MATLAB Documentation 1 Enter the matrix C. 3 %Find the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial. Store them in PolyCoeffs. 4 5 %Use the command roots () to find ...

  11. Why would one eigenvalue correspond to multiple eigenvectors?

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    However, there's nothing in the definition that stops us having multiple eigenvectors with the same eigenvalue. For example, the matrix $\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\0&1\end{bmatrix}$ has two distinct eigenvectors, $[1, 0]$ and $[0, 1]$, each with an eigenvalue of $1$. (In fact, every possible vector is an eigenvector, with eigenvalue $1$.)