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Created this as a copy of WBQ 9.4 a) Characteristic poly, eigenvalues and eigenvectors 3x3.

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Find the characteristic polynomial, eigenvalues and eigenvectors (bases for eigenspaces) for the matrix $\var{matrixA}$ .

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matrixA	matrix	Matrix of size 3×3
a	integer	-1
b	integer	2
c	integer	5
chiA	expression	(t + 1)(t - 2)(t - 5)
v1	matrix	matrix([0],[-3],[1])
v2	matrix	matrix([-1],[0],[1])
v3	matrix	matrix([1],[0],[0])
RREFa	matrix	Matrix of size 3×3
RREFb	matrix	Matrix of size 3×3
RREFc	matrix	Matrix of size 3×3
n	integer	3
chiAexpanded	expression	t^3 - 6*t^2 + 3t + 10

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The characteristic polynomial of $A$ is defined as $\chi_A(t)=\det(tI-A)$. So in this case you should calculate

$\begin{vmatrix} \simplify{t-{matrixA[0][0]}} & \var{-matrixA[0][1]} & \var{-matrixA[0][2]} \\ \var{-matrixA[1][0]} & \simplify{t-{matrixA[1][1]}} & \var{-matrixA[1][2]}\\ \var{-matrixA[2][0]} & \var{-matrixA[2][1]} & \simplify{t-{matrixA[2][2]}} \end{vmatrix}=(\simplify{t-{matrixA[0][0]}})\begin{vmatrix} \simplify{t-{matrixA[1][1]}} & \var{-matrixA[1][2]}\\ \var{-matrixA[2][1]} & \simplify{t-{matrixA[2][2]}} \end{vmatrix}=\simplify[]{(t-{matrixA[0][0]})((t-{matrixA[1][1]})(t-{matrixA[2][2]})-{matrixA[1][2]*matrixA[2][1]})}= \var{chiA}=\var{chiAexpanded}$.

Here we first expanded the determinant in the first column, and then we used the formula for the determinant a $2\times 2$ matrix in the last step: $ \begin{vmatrix}a&b\\c&d\end{vmatrix}=ad-bc$.

The eigenvalues are exactly the roots of the characteristic polynomial. So the eigenvalues of $A$ are $\var{a}$, $\var{b}$ and $\var{c}$.

To calculate the eigenvectors for a given eigenvalues $\lambda$, we calculate the kernel of $A-\lambda I$. So, for

$\lambda=\var{a}$, we calculate the kernel of $\var{matrixA-a*id(n)}$. The reduced row echelon form is $\var[fractionNumbers]{RREFa}$. So the eigenvector for $\lambda=\var{a}$ is

$\var[fractionNumbers]{v1}$ (or any multiple of this).

And for $\lambda=\var{b}$, the reduced row echelon form of $\var{matrixA-b*id(n)}$ is $\var[fractionNumbers]{RREFb}$, and the eigenvector is $\var[fractionNumbers]{v2}$ (or any multiple).

And for $\lambda=\var{c}$, the reduced row echelon form of $\var{matrixA-c*id(n)}$ is $\var[fractionNumbers]{RREFc}$, and the eigenvector is $\var[fractionNumbers]{v3}$ (or any multiple).

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