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Re: Eigenvalue Problem

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  • Subject: [mg16952] Re: Eigenvalue Problem
  • From: Pierre infelta <pierre.infelta at epfl.ch>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 02:32:47 -0400
  • Organization: EPFL
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try 
Needs["Miscellaneous`RealOnly`"]

m =     {{10 A, 0, B, 0, 0, 0},
          {0, -2 A, 0, C, 0, 0},
          {B, 0, -8 A, 0, C, 0},
          {0, C, 0, -8 A, 0, B},
          {0, 0, C, 0, -2 A, 0},
          {0, 0, 0, B, 0, 10 A}}
The answer replaces the nonreal roots by nonreal.



Ed McBride wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to solve the eigenvalue problem for the following matrix:
> >
> > m =     {{10 A, 0, B, 0, 0, 0},
> >           {0, -2 A, 0, C, 0, 0},
> >           {B, 0, -8 A, 0, C, 0},
> >           {0, C, 0, -8 A, 0, B},
> >           {0, 0, C, 0, -2 A, 0},
> >           {0, 0, 0, B, 0, 10 A}}
> >
> > which is symmetric. Now mathematica returns some complex eigenvalues
> > which is not
> > possible for a real, symmetric matrix. Can anybody help me ?
> 
> I get the same phenomenon.  And I also got it with a 3 x 3 I made up.  I
> presume the results turn out to be real if a,b,c are real, but they are
> too complicated to prove this without a bunch of work.  Sorry, Ed
> McBride


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