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Re: orthonormalized eigenvectors

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• Subject: [mg44504] Re: orthonormalized eigenvectors
• From: Olaf Rogalsky <olaf.rogalsky at theorie1.physik.uni-erlangen.de>
• Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:02:12 -0500 (EST)
• References: <bonnja$h9h$1@smc.vnet.net>
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Mahn-Soo Choi wrote:

> This is very frustrating to me because I have to calculate eigenvalues
> and corresponding *orthonormalized* eigenvectors numerically for quite
> big Hermitian matrices.
> 
> Is there any effecient method working with Mathematica to calculate
> numerically the eigenvalues and corresponding *orthonormalized*
> eigenvectors for Hermitian matrices with possibly *degenerate*
> eigenvalues?

Use GramSchmidt to find an orthogonal basis in the degenerated
subspace(s).
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