Use the positive Laplace-Beltrami operator . A Riemannian submersion is a surjective smooth submersion for which, at every , the restriction of to is a linear isometry onto . The spaces and are its vertical and horizontal spaces. Its fibres are totally geodesic submanifolds precisely when is vertical for vertical vector fields : their second fundamental form vanishes. Equivalently, a geodesic initially tangent to a fibre remains in that fibre while defined.
For a smooth , its basic function is constant along each fibre. The Riemannian gradient of is the horizontal lift of a vector field through a submersion of , since
for horizontal , and for vertical . In particular no derivative of in a vertical direction occurs.
Here is the needed connection fact, which also follows directly from the Koszul formula: for horizontal lifts of vector fields on , the horizontal component of projects to . To see this, pair the Koszul formula with a third horizontal lift . The horizontal inner products are pulled back from , and the horizontal components of their Lie brackets of vector fields project to the brackets on . Thus all six terms are the pullbacks of the corresponding terms on .
Choose an adapted Riemannian orthonormal frame , with the horizontal lifts. Using , the connection fact gives
For a vertical , both and , the latter because the fibres are totally geodesic submanifolds. Taking the negative metric trace of the Riemannian Hessian therefore proves the basic-function Laplacian identity
This identity is local and does not require compactness. Vanishing mean curvature of the fibres would already suffice; total geodesicity makes each vertical summand vanish separately.
For the discrete eigenspace assertion, assume the two Riemannian manifolds are closed manifolds. Without a discrete spectral realization, an unrestricted noncompact version need not have an eigenbasis. The projections of the Riemannian product are Riemannian submersions with totally geodesic submanifolds as fibres. Its Levi-Civita connection splits into the two factor connections. Consequently its positive Laplace-Beltrami operator is
The cross term in the product rule for the positive Laplace-Beltrami operator is zero because the two factor Riemannian gradients are orthogonal.
We use the standard compact elliptic compact elliptic spectral theorem: the positive Laplace-Beltrami operator on a closed manifold is self-adjoint, has compact resolvent, and has a complete orthonormal eigenbasis of smooth eigenfunctions, with finite-dimensional eigenspaces and eigenvalues tending to infinity. Let and . Fubini's theorem and completeness on each factor show that form a complete orthonormal basis of . For example, a function orthogonal to all these products has, for each , zero -coefficient as an function, hence is zero.
The displayed operator identity makes an eigenfunction with eigenvalue . Conversely, if , self-adjointness of the positive Laplace-Beltrami operator gives
All other coefficients vanish. Only finitely many pairs can have , since both spectra are nonnegative and have finitely many eigenvalues below any fixed bound. Thus the product Laplacian eigenspace decomposition is
The tensor product summands are mutually orthogonal; their elements are actual smooth eigenfunctions, so this is an equality of eigenspaces, not just a formal expansion.
Write , let be the identity matrix, let be the -by- all-ones matrix, and put , with one diagonal block per experimental block. The variance-covariance matrix is
Its orthogonal decomposition is obtained by first subtracting each block's sample mean, then subtracting the grand sample mean from the block means. More explicitly, writing for coordinate in block , the three invariant subspaces are
They are pairwise orthogonal, with dimensions , and , and their direct sum is . On , both and vanish. On , and . On , and . Thus the eigenvalues and corresponding invariant subspaces are
If some eigenvalues coincide, their eigenspace is the direct sum of the listed subspaces with that value. Zero-dimensional rows are omitted when or . For an admissible covariance matrix the eigenvalues on nonzero subspaces must be nonnegative; these conditions are also sufficient for positive semidefiniteness. The expectation parameters do not affect this calculation.
An eigenvector of a matrix is a nonzero vector for which . The scalar is its eigenvalue. For a fixed eigenvalue, the zero vector together with all corresponding eigenvectors forms the eigenspace . The requirement prevents every scalar from being an eigenvalue merely because .
Expanding the characteristic polynomial gives
Solving the three nullspace systems gives the eigenvalues and eigenspaces
For example, at the first two equations force and ; at they force and ; at they force .
Putting these eigenvectors in columns proves their linear independence:
Hence is a diagonalizable matrix over the reals.
View a possible complex eigenvector using the Hermitian inner product. For a real symmetric matrix, , so is real. Since and , every eigenvalue is real.
For eigenvectors with distinct eigenvalues , symmetry gives
so . In particular, real eigenvectors are orthogonal in the real dot product.
Use the permitted diagonalizability assumption to take bases of the real eigenspaces whose union spans . Apply the Gram-Schmidt process within each eigenspace. Its linear combinations remain eigenvectors of that same eigenvalue; vectors in different eigenspaces are already orthogonal. The resulting union is an orthonormal basis of eigenvectors, giving an orthogonal diagonalization of a real symmetric matrix.
For a Lie algebra , write for the linear span of brackets with one argument in each indicated subspace. The three definitions are
These are respectively an Abelian Lie algebra, a solvable Lie algebra and a nilpotent Lie algebra. The second and third sequences are the derived series of a Lie algebra and the lower central series of a Lie algebra.
An Abelian Lie algebra has , and a nilpotent Lie algebra is a solvable Lie algebra: induction gives . Thus all the implications are generated by
None of the reverse implications holds. The Heisenberg Lie algebra with basis and , all other basic brackets zero, is nonabelian but has , . The two-dimensional affine Lie algebra of the line with has and , but for every . It is solvable and neither nilpotent nor abelian. These two examples answer all six ordered-pair comparisons.
The Lie theorem says that a finite-dimensional Lie algebra representation of a finite-dimensional solvable Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero has a common eigenvector whenever its representation space is nonzero. Equivalently it admits an invariant complete flag, or simultaneous upper triangularization. Here the field may be taken to be ; these hypotheses are essential.
To prove the common-eigenvector assertion, induct on . The zero algebra is immediate. Since is nonzero and solvable, its derived algebra is proper. Choose a codimension-one Lie algebra ideal containing it, and write . The Lie algebra is solvable, so induction supplies and a linear functional with .
Consider the finite-dimensional cyclic subspace . Until the first linear dependence, these powers form a basis. The identity
and show by induction, simultaneously for all , that is -invariant and that is upper triangular on it with every diagonal entry . It is also -invariant by construction. Hence
The trace of a commutator is zero, and characteristic zero gives .
The simultaneous eigenspace is nonzero and -invariant, since
Over an algebraically closed field, has an eigenvector, which is therefore a common eigenvector for all of . This finishes induction. Apply the same assertion to the quotient representation by its invariant line, and then to successive quotients. A basis adapted to the resulting complete flag gives the stated simultaneous triangularization of a Lie algebra representation, completing the proof of the Lie theorem.
A nilpotent Lie algebra is a solvable Lie algebra, so the inclusion satisfies the Lie theorem and is upper triangular in a suitable basis, for finite-dimensional complex .
This is insufficient to prove the Engel theorem. Its matrix version starts with a Lie subalgebra of nilpotent endomorphisms and concludes that they are simultaneously strictly upper triangular; its abstract version concludes nilpotence from nilpotence of every Adjoint representation endomorphism. Merely upper triangular matrices can have nonzero diagonal entries: the one-dimensional algebra is an Abelian Lie algebra and a nilpotent Lie algebra, but acts by a nonnilpotent identity matrix. This is nilpotent Lie algebras need not act nilpotently. Moreover, in the abstract Engel theorem nilpotence of the algebra is a conclusion, so assuming it first to invoke the Lie theorem would be circular. Abstract nilpotence and nilpotence of each representing matrix are different conditions.
Let with . Commutation gives
Thus belongs to the eigenspace , with the zero vector allowed. Since has distinct eigenvalues, each eigenspace is one-dimensional. Hence for some scalar . This is the fact that commuting maps preserve eigenspaces.
The standard linear independence theorem for eigenvectors belonging to distinct eigenvalues supplies a basis of eigenvectors of . The preceding argument makes every one an eigenvector of as well. Their column matrix therefore simultaneously diagonalizes and . This is simple spectrum gives simultaneous diagonalization.
For real matrices, this conclusion always holds over ; a real common basis follows when the distinct eigenvalues of are real. Real matrix entries alone do not ensure a real eigenbasis: a quarter-turn of , with , has eigenvalues . The matrices in this question have real spectra, so their common basis is real.
The characteristic polynomials, in the convention , are
Solving the eigenvalue equations gives the complete eigenspaces
Every nonzero vector in a listed eigenspace is an eigenvector, and these are all the eigenvectors. For , the repeated eigenvalue has a two-dimensional eigenspace; for , all three eigenvalues are simple. The three displayed generating vectors form a basis because their column matrix
has determinant . Thus both matrices are diagonalizable, with diagonal entries for and for in this basis.
The adjoint eigenvector identity for a normal matrix gives . Hence
As , . Thus eigenvectors in distinct eigenspaces of a normal matrix are orthogonal in the complex inner product.
Start with the assumed basis of eigenvectors, grouping them by eigenvalue. In each eigenspace, apply the Gram-Schmidt process, which replaces a linearly independent list by an orthonormal list with the same span. Every new vector stays within that eigenspace, since an eigenspace is a vector subspace.
By part (iv), different eigenspaces are orthogonal. The combined lists therefore form an orthonormal basis of the entire space, still consisting of eigenvectors. Let have these vectors as columns. Then is a unitary matrix, so
This gives the required unitary diagonalization of a normal matrix, including repeated eigenvalues.
Work over . Decompose as the direct sum of the generalized eigenspaces of . Define to be on and set . Then is a diagonalisable endomorphism, is a nilpotent endomorphism, and they commute. For uniqueness, any commuting decomposition has and commuting with , hence preserving each . Decompose further into eigenspaces of . On a nonzero such space with eigenvalue , the operator has only the eigenvalue , so . Since is diagonalizable, throughout . Thus and . This is the Additive Jordan decomposition.
The Chinese remainder theorem for the pairwise coprime polynomials also gives a polynomial with , where is the largest Jordan block size. Consequently and . This polynomial description shows that both parts preserve every -invariant subspace.
On the operator is the scalar , so it is diagonalizable. The nilpotence of commutation by a nilpotent endomorphism makes nilpotent. They commute, since . Uniqueness of the Additive Jordan decomposition therefore gives the adjoint compatibility of additive Jordan decomposition:
Now let be a complex semisimple Lie algebra and . Since the semisimple part of is a polynomial in , it preserves . Thus . By the Weyl complete reducibility theorem, the Adjoint representation of on has a decomposition into invariant subspaces. Write with and . For , the vector lies in , and invariance of puts it in as well. Hence .
Decompose into Irreducible Lie algebra representations. Each is preserved by and by , hence by . The Schur lemma makes . A semisimple Lie algebra is a perfect Lie algebra, so every representing element of has zero trace on every . Also , because is nilpotent there. It follows that . In characteristic zero, , so . Therefore and . This proves that semisimple matrix Lie algebras are closed under additive Jordan decomposition, including representations with repeated isomorphic irreducible summands.
Let be the adjacency matrix of a graph, the all-ones matrix and the all-ones vector. Counting two-step walks gives
Because , any two nonadjacent vertices have a common neighbour, so the graph is connected. The eigenvalue is simple: for a real eigenvector at , a maximal entry and the averaging equation force its neighbours, and then every vertex, to have the same value. Since is real symmetric, its other eigenvectors lie in , where vanishes. Their eigenvalues are therefore
Here for the present incomplete connected graph. Indeed ; if , then , which conflicts with for an edge. If have multiplicities , dimension and zero trace give and . Thus
These are dimensions of eigenspaces, hence integers. A multiplicity may be zero; that does not affect the conclusion.