Tutorial 9
The following questions are adapted from the text book, (Anton, H and Chris, R (2014).
Elementary Linear Algebra with Supplemental Applications, 11th ed. John Wiley & Sons)
3. Find the eigenvalues and bases for the eigenspaces of A25 , where
−1 −2 −2
A= 1 2 1 .
−1 −1 0
4. Find det(A) given that A has the characteristic polynomial p(λ) = λ3 + 2λ2 − 4λ − 5.
(a) A1000 .
(b) A−1000 .
(c) A2301 .
(d) A−2301 .
10. Let
−2 0 0
−7 −6
(i) A= . (ii) A = 0 1 1 .
15 12
0 1 1
11. A square matrix A is called nilpotent if An = 0 for some positive integer n. What are the
eigenvalues of a nilpotent matrix?
(a) What can you say about the dimension of the eigenspaces of A?
(b) What can you say about the dimension of the eigenspaces if you know that A is
diagonalizable?