Here are three examples that we will consider. In each case, we have pre-computed the eigenvalues and eigenvectors (check them yourself). \[ A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 2 ...
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Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that eigenvalues are the magnitudes of eigenvectors. In fact, eigenvalues are scalars that are multiplied with eigenvectors. This ...