Re: Eigenvalue bug in Mathematica 7.0.0
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- Subject: [mg101233] Re: Eigenvalue bug in Mathematica 7.0.0
- From: ADL <alberto.dilullo at tiscali.it>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:05:08 -0400 (EDT)
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Mark, with version 7.0 for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) (February 18,
2009), I get this:
{eivals, eivecs} = Eigensystem[H];
In[]:= And @@ Table[
Chop[Norm[H.eivecs[[i]] - eivals[[i]] eivecs[[i]]]] == 0,
{i, Length[eivals]}
]
Out[]= True
So I think the result is correct.
ADL
On Jun 26, 12:51 pm, Mark Saffman <msaff... at wisc.edu> wrote:
> I find that Mathematica V7.0.0 finds incorrect eigenvalues and eigenvecto=
rs of the 100 x 100 real symmetric matrix listed below. You can easily chec=
k the first eigenvector produced is not a true eigenvector.
>
> I get incorrect results running under
> Windows Vista 64 bit, Windows Server 2003 32 bit, Windows Server 2003 64 =
bit. I get correct results running under Windows Vista 32 bit. All of the a=
bove systems produce correct results if I evaluate with Mathematica V6.0.1.=
0.
>
> I consider this a very serious error. Here is the
> 100 x 100 matrix:
> ....