Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ii Paper 4 30L b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Since but , its eigenvalues satisfyThe continuous decreasing functionfalls from to zero, so there is a unique for which .
PutThen and , so . Moreoverand thereforeFor any ,Whenever , the corresponding eigenvalue of is exactly , while terms with contribute nothing. ConsequentlyIt follows thatPart (a), equivalently the formula for projection onto a positive semidefinite trace ball, now gives