Practice question On Eigen values and Eigen vectors Linear Algebra | Matrix algebra | GATE | UPSC | IES | Engineering
Linear Algebra Question no. 1 What are the eigen values of ? looks_one 1,4 looks_two 2,3 looks_3 0,5 looks_4 1,5 Answer Option looks_3 0,5 Solution Solution : ( 4 - λ)(1 - λ) - 4 = 0 λ 2 - 5λ + 4 - 4 = 0 λ 2 - 5λ = 0 λ(λ - 5) = 0 λ = 0 , 5 Question no. 2 What is the eigenvalues of the matrix ? looks_one 1, 4 ,4 looks_two 1 , 4 ,-4 looks_3 3 , 3 ,3 looks_4 1 , 2 ,6 Answer option looks_one 1, 4 ,4 Solution Solution : ( 3 - λ )[(3-λ) 2 -1] + 1(-3 + λ -1 ) - 1(1+3 -λ) = 0 ( 3 - λ )(9 + λ 2 - 6λ -1 ) + 2( λ - 4 ) = 0 ( 3 - λ )( λ 2 - 6λ + 8 ) + 2( λ - 4 ) = 0 ( 3 - λ )( λ - 4)( λ - 2) + 2( λ - 4 ) = 0 (λ - 4) [( 3 - λ )( λ - 2) + 2 ] = 0 (λ - 4) (λ 2 - 5λ + 4) = 0 (...