CAIE FP1 2011 June — Question 11 EITHER

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2011
SessionJune
Topic3x3 Matrices

A \(3 \times 3\) matrix \(\mathbf { A }\) has eigenvalues \(- 1,1,2\), with corresponding eigenvectors $$\left( \begin{array} { r } 0
1
- 1 \end{array} \right) , \quad \left( \begin{array} { r } - 1
0
1 \end{array} \right) , \quad \left( \begin{array} { l } 1
1
0 \end{array} \right) ,$$ respectively. Find
  1. the matrix \(\mathbf { A }\),
  2. \(\mathbf { A } ^ { 2 n }\), where \(n\) is a positive integer.