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MAT223 Lecture 11

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• Lecture Summary

  • Central objective: Understand the conditions for a matrix to be invertible or diagonalizable using eigenvalues and eigenvectors, alongside basic vector arithmetic.
  • Key concepts:
    • Eigenvalues and Invertibility: A matrix is non-invertible if and only if it has an eigenvalue of $0$. Therefore, if all eigenvalues are strictly positive, the matrix must be invertible.
    • Diagonalizable Matrices: A matrix is diagonalizable if it has $n$ linearly independent eigenvectors (making $P$ invertible). It does not strictly need $n$ distinct eigenvalues (e.g., the identity matrix is diagonalizable but has only one distinct eigenvalue).
    • Vector Arithmetic: The vector $\overrightarrow{QP}$ between two points $Q$ and $P$ is found by subtracting $Q$ from $P$. Vector magnitudes are calculated using the square root of the sum of squared components.
  • Connections:
    • Both invertibility and diagonalizability rely on evaluating a matrix's determinant implicitly: invertibility requires non-zero eigenvalues (meaning $det(A)\ne 0$), while diagonalizability requires the eigenvector matrix $P$ to have linearly independent columns (meaning $det(P)\ne 0$).

• Practice Questions

  • Remember/Understand:
    • What is the specific eigenvalue that determines if a matrix is non-invertible?
    • What is the formula to calculate the vector $\overrightarrow{QP}$ given points $P$ and $Q$?
  • Apply/Analyze:
    • Prove that if a matrix $A$ is diagonalizable, then $A^{2026}$ is also diagonalizable.
    • Explain why a $2\times 2$ matrix with only one distinct eigenvalue and collinear eigenvectors is not diagonalizable.
  • Evaluate/Create:
    • Provide a counter-example to the false claim that "if a matrix is diagonalizable, it must have $n$ distinct eigenvalues."

• Challenging Concepts

  • Diagonalizable Matrices:
    • Why it's challenging: Confusing the sufficient condition ($n$ distinct eigenvalues guarantees diagonalizability) with the necessary condition (which is having $n$ linearly independent eigenvectors).
    • Study strategy: Always remember the identity matrix $I_n$ as the canonical counter-example. It is already diagonal (hence diagonalizable) but only has one repeated eigenvalue, $\lambda =1$.

• Action Plan

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  • Practice and application:
    • Answer Remember/Understand questions
    • Answer Apply/Analyze questions
    • Attempt Evaluate/Create questions
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    • Focus on Challenging Concepts (above)
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  • Verification and integration:
    • Cross-reference notes with textbook/slides
    • Identify remaining gaps
    • Link this lecture to prior/future lecture notes

• Footnotes