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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 ii Paper 4 39C b Solution by
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The given vectors satisfyand are independent, so their span is invariant under . On that plane the characteristic polynomial is . ThereforeIndeed . No third eigenvalue is determined by these data.
The displayed has norm , although a large- normalized iterate should have norm one. This harmless source normalization is resolved by dividing all three displayed vectors by ; the recurrence, eigenvalues and eigenvector directions are unchanged.
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