Paper 3, Section II, E

Linear Algebra | Part IB, 2018

State and prove the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem.

Let AA be an n×nn \times n complex matrix. Using division of polynomials, show that if p(x)p(x) is a polynomial then there is another polynomial r(x)r(x) of degree at most (n1)(n-1) such that p(λ)=r(λ)p(\lambda)=r(\lambda) for each eigenvalue λ\lambda of AA and such that p(A)=r(A)p(A)=r(A).

Hence compute the (1,1)(1,1) entry of the matrix A1000A^{1000} when

A=[210111111]A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 2 & -1 & 0 \\ 1 & -1 & 1 \\ -1 & -1 & 1 \end{array}\right]

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