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Find a matrix P that diagonalizes the matrix A = [ 2 0 ?2 / 0 3 0 / 0 0 3 ] and compute P ?1AP.
Solution: The characteristic equation is
for
By
and
Put
for
Put
and
is
an eigenvector corresponding to
Since Algebraic multiplicity of
Geometric multiplicity of
and
Algebraic multiplicity of
Geometric multiplicity of
is
diagonalisable