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Eigenvectors of a Complex Hermitian Matrix

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg13519] Eigenvectors of a Complex Hermitian Matrix
• From: Gerhard & Detsi Theurich <theurich at mrl.ucsb.edu>
• Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 04:33:31 -0400
• Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I am having some problems with the Eigenvector[] call of Mathematica for
a complex Hermitian matrix. The returned vectors seem to be incorrect.
I found a strange comment in the help tool, telling me something like
that Eigenvector[] finds the eigenvectors of an approximately real
matrix, but the matrix elements can be complex. What does that mean?

Thanks,
Gerhard