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Expert solutions Elementary Linear Algebra

Exercise 19e
Chapter 5, Section 5.1, Page 300

Elementary Linear Algebra

ISBN: 9781118473504

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Step 1 1 of 5

To find the eigenvalues and a basis for the eigenspace for this
transformation all we have to do is find the eigenvalues and a basis for the
eigenspace of the standard matrix for the transformation which from
section 4.9 we see is

1
A=[ ]
k
0 1

where k 0
=
also we know that if a standard matrix A applies an operation on x where
at the same time x is an eigenvector of A then it will be true that

T (x) = λx geometrically this means that the vector x will not change
direction, only length after the operation

Step 2 2 of 5

so we want to find a vector v that don't change direction when the shear
operations with known k is perfomed on the vector

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Step 3 3 of 5

example of shearing on the x axis with k=2, where blue vector is the
original and the red vector is the vector after the operation has been
performed

Step 4 4 of 5

we notice above that this operation leaves the y component of the matrix
unchanged and changes the x by adding to the original x component the
product ky , so if the original y component is equal to zero the matrix
doesn't change neither direction nor length meaning that for vectors with
y=0 we have

eigenvalue λ = 1 and the base for the eigenspace is

1
[ ]
0

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Result 5 of 5

λ=1,

1
x=[ ]
0

Exercise 19d Exercise 20a

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