Edexcel FP3 2015 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFP3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2015
SessionJune
Topic3x3 Matrices

3. $$\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { l l l } 2 & 1 & 0
1 & 2 & 1
0 & 1 & 2 \end{array} \right)$$
  1. Find the eigenvalues of \(\mathbf { A }\).
  2. Find a normalised eigenvector for each of the eigenvalues of \(\mathbf { A }\).
  3. Write down a matrix \(\mathbf { P }\) and a diagonal matrix \(\mathbf { D }\) such that \(\mathbf { P } ^ { \mathrm { T } } \mathbf { A P } = \mathbf { D }\).