CAIE Further Paper 2 2022 November — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 2 (Further Paper 2)
Year2022
SessionNovember
TopicInvariant lines and eigenvalues and vectors

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  1. It is given that \(\lambda\) is an eigenvalue of the non-singular square matrix \(\mathbf { A }\), with corresponding eigenvector \(\mathbf { e }\). Show that \(\lambda ^ { - 1 }\) is an eigenvalue of \(\mathbf { A } ^ { - 1 }\) for which \(\mathbf { e }\) is a corresponding eigenvector.
    The matrix \(\mathbf { A }\) is given by $$\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { r r r } 2 & 0 & 3
    15 & - 4 & 3
    3 & 0 & 2 \end{array} \right)$$
  2. Given that - 1 is an eigenvalue of \(\mathbf { A }\), find a corresponding eigenvector.
  3. It is also given that \(\left( \begin{array} { l } 0
    1
    0 \end{array} \right)\) and \(\left( \begin{array} { l } 1
    2
    1 \end{array} \right)\) are eigenvectors of \(\mathbf { A }\). Find the corresponding eigenvalues.
  4. Hence find a matrix \(\mathbf { P }\) and a diagonal matrix \(\mathbf { D }\) such that \(\mathbf { A } ^ { - 1 } = \mathbf { P D P } ^ { - 1 }\).
  5. Use the characteristic equation of \(\mathbf { A }\) to show that \(\mathbf { A } ^ { - 1 } = p \mathbf { A } ^ { 2 } + q l\), where \(p\) and \(q\) are rational numbers to be determined.