Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / ii / Paper 4 / 40C / b

Differentiate the eigenvalue equationat $t=0$, where $A^{\prime }(0)=E$. Suppressing the argument $0$ givesLeft-multiplication by the transpose of the unit left eigenvector $u$ and use of $u^{T}A=\lambda u^T$ cancel the terms involving $v^{\prime }$:Because the eigenvalue is simple, $u^{T}v\ne 0$, and hence the first-order perturbation of a simple eigenvalue isThe definition of the operator norm, followed by the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, givesTherefore