Linear Algebra and Its Applications (5th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Symmetric Matrices and Quadratic Forms - 7.1 Exercises - Page 402: 25

Answer

a. True b. True c. False d. False

Work Step by Step

a. If a matrix A is orthogonally diagonalizable, we should be able to write $A=PDP^T$ where $A^T=(PDP^T)^T=(P^T)^TD^TP=PD^PP=PDP^T=A$. So A is symmetric b. The two equations show us that u and v are eigenvectors of A corresponding to eigenvalues 3 and 4. Because eigenvectors corresponding to different eigenvalues are orthogonal, $\vec{u}\cdot\vec{v}=0$ c. It needs to have n eigenvalues counting multiplicity such that each eigenvalue with multiplicity a has a eigenvectors as a basis for its eigenspace. d. $\vec{v}$ needs to be a unit vector that is in the basis.
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