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Expert solutions Elementary Linear Algebra

Exercise 11
Chapter 5, Page 343

Elementary Linear Algebra

ISBN: 9781118473504

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Step 1 1 of 5

If n = 1, that is, if A is a 1 × 1 matrix, then c1 is the eigenvalue of A.

Step 2 2 of 5

Assume that n ≥ 2.
Let T denote the transformation represented by the given matrix A. The
ith column of A is T (ei ). Hence, for every i, 1 ≤ i ≤ n,

T (ei ) = (ci , ci , … , ci ) = ci (1, 1, … , 1)

This shows that every basis vector is mapped into the span of
(1, 1, … , 1). This means that the whole vector space is mapped into the
span of (1, 1, … , 1).

Hence, the dimension of the image of V either 0 (in case if all the ci 's are
zero) or 1 (if at least one of the ci 's is non-zero). That is,

rank (A) ≤ 1

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Step 3 3 of 5

By rank-nullity theorem, we have rank (A) + nullity (A) = n.

That rank (A) ≤ 1 implies that nullity (A) ≥ n − 1.
Since n ≥ 2, nullity (A) ≥ 1 which means that 0 is certainly an
eigenvalue of A.

Step 4 4 of 5

Result 5 of 5

Exercise 10 Exercise 12

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