MATHEMATICS-II (MATH F112)

Tutorial Sheet

Topic: Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors and Diagonalizability

1. Consider the matrix  

−2 0 1
 
A=
−5 3 a 

4 −2 −1

for some variable a. Find all values of a, which will prove that A has eigenvalues 0, 3, and -3.
 
1 2 4
 
2. Find the characteristic equation of the matrix L =  1
2 0 0.
0 13 0
 
1 2 3 1
 
0 −1 1 0
3. Let the matrix A =  . Find all the eigenvalues of A and all corresponding eigen-
 
0 0 2 3
 
0 0 0 5
vectors.
 
m 1 2 3
 
 0 2 1 −1
4. Let A =   be a 4 × 4 matrix, where m is some real number. Suppose that the
 
0 0 3 5 
 
0 0 0 2
matrix A has an eigenvalue 1 . Find all corresponding eigenvectors for the matrix A.

5. For a n × n matrix A with real entries. Prove that if A2 = −In , then there are no eigenvectors of
A corresponding to real eigenvalues.
 
1 0 0
 
6. It is known that the following matrix A = 
0  has two eigenvalues, 1 and 3. Find a basis
2 1
0 1 2
for each of the two eigenspaces corresponding to them. What are the algebraic and geometric
multiplicities of the eigenvalues?
 
2 1 0
 
7. Diagonalize (if possible) A =  1 2 0 .

1 1 1

1
    
2 1 1 1 −2 1
   
8. A = 
1 0 1 and B = −2 4 −2 are similar. Prove or disprove.
  
1 1 0 −3 6 3

9. If A is invertible, show that AB is similar to BA for all B.

10. Consider the map T : P2 −→ P2 given by

• T (p) = p(2x + 1).

• T (ax2 + bx + c) = 2ax + b.

Is T diagonalizable?

11. For which value of k is the following matrix diagonalizable

 
1 k 0
 
0 1 0 ?
 
0 0 2

 
1 0 0
 
12. Prove that A = 
1 2 3 is diagonalizable.
−1 1 0
 
a b
13. Consider the matrix A =  , where a and b are real numbers and b ̸= 0. (a) Find all
−b a
eigenvalues of A. (b) For each eigenvalue of A, determine the eigenspace Eλ .(c) Diagonalize the
matrix A by finding a nonsingular matrix P and a diagonal matrix D such that P −1 AP = D.
 k
1 −6
14. Find   .
2 −6
 
−1 −1 5
 
15. Compute A50 where A = 
−2 1 4 .

−2 −1 6
 
1 1 1
 
16. Diagonalize the matrix A = 1 1

. (Hint: Instead of finding the eigenvalues directly find the
1
1 1 1
Ker(A), which tells you whether 0 is an eigenvalue or not and what’s G.M. of E0 )