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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 4 40C b Solution by
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Differentiate the eigenvalue equationat , where . Suppressing the argument givesLeft-multiplication by the transpose of the unit left eigenvector and use of cancel the terms involving :Because the eigenvalue is simple, , and hence the first-order perturbation of a simple eigenvalue isThe definition of the operator norm, followed by the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, givesTherefore
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