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Question B 06 (a) |
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Consider the three-component differential equation . The matrix has real entries. It has an eigenvalue and an eigenvalue with corresponding eigenvectors and (a) Write the general solution to the differential equation. |
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Suppose a matrix has real entries, and is an eigenvalue of with associated eigenvector . Then their complex conjugates and are also an eigenvalue and eigenvector pair of the matrix . |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. One eigenvalue and eigenvector pair, and is real. The other eigenvalue and eigenvector pair, and , is complex. Because the matrix has real entries, the complex conjugates of and must also be an eigenvalue and eigenvector pair, and . Since the matrix is a matrix, it can have at most 3 eigenvalues. So we have found all of them and they are distinct. In this case, the general solution to the differential equation is given by
Substituting the eigenvalues and eigenvectors that we found, the general solution to the differential equation is
To put this in real form, we replace the complex term and its conjugate by the real and imaginary parts of the former. Since and we then have that the general solution in real form is:
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