 First-order perturbation of a simple eigenvalue (source code)

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= First-order perturbation of a simple eigenvalue

If $A(t)=A+tE$ and $\lambda(t)$ is a <differentiable function> defining a simple eigenvalue, then
$$
\lambda'(0)=\frac{u^TEv}{u^Tv}.
$$
The <Cauchy-Schwarz inequality> and the <operator norm> give
$$
|\lambda'(0)|\leq\|E\|_2s(\lambda).
$$

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