Paper 1, Section II, B

Vectors and Matrices | Part IA, 2011

(a) Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix

M=(201111223)M=\left(\begin{array}{rrr} 2 & 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 2 & -2 & 3 \end{array}\right)

(b) Under what conditions on the 3×33 \times 3 matrix AA and the vector b\mathbf{b} in R3\mathbb{R}^{3} does the equation

Ax=bA \mathbf{x}=\mathbf{b}

have 0,1 , or infinitely many solutions for the vector x\mathbf{x} in R3\mathbb{R}^{3} ? Give clear, concise arguments to support your answer, explaining why just these three possibilities are allowed.

(c) Using the results of (a)(\mathrm{a}), or otherwise, find all solutions to ()(*) when

A=MλI and b=(432)A=M-\lambda I \quad \text { and } \quad \mathbf{b}=\left(\begin{array}{l} 4 \\ 3 \\ 2 \end{array}\right)

in each of the cases λ=0,1,2\lambda=0,1,2.

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