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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2019 Paper 2 17 a Solution by
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A left eigenvector satisfies . Here is a symmetric matrix, so its left and right eigenspaces have the same components. The characteristic polynomial factors asThe eigenvalues and all corresponding nonzero row eigenvectors areFor example, in the block, equal components give the eigenvalue and opposite components give , while the coordinate is unaffected.
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