which has nullspace spanned by the vector s1=(−111).s_1 = \begin{pmatrix} -1\\1\\1 \end{pmatrix}.s1​=⎝⎛​−111​⎠⎞​. How to prove, perhaps using the above Jordan canonical form explanation, that almost all matrices are like this? \lambda&= 0,1. How do I prove it rigorously? The second way in which a matrix can fail to be diagonalizable is more fundamental. It is shown that if A is a real n × n matrix and A can be diagonalized over C, The characteristic equation is of the form, $$(x - \lambda_1)(x - \lambda_2) \cdots (x - \lambda_n)$$. A^n = A \cdot A^{n-1} &= \begin{pmatrix} 1&1\\1&0 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} F_n&F_{n-1}\\F_{n-1}&F_{n-2} \end{pmatrix} \\ Please see meta here. ⎝⎛​1−1−1​1−1−1​1−1−1​⎠⎞​→⎝⎛​100​100​100​⎠⎞​, A=P(λ1λ2⋱λn)P−1,A=P \begin{pmatrix} \lambda_1 & & & \\ & \lambda_2 & & \\ & & \ddots & \\ & & & \lambda_n \end{pmatrix} P^{-1},A=P⎝⎜⎜⎛​λ1​​λ2​​⋱​λn​​⎠⎟⎟⎞​P−1, \det(A-\lambda I)=\begin{vmatrix} 1-\lambda&-1\\2&4-\lambda\end{vmatrix}=0\implies (1-\lambda)(4-\lambda)+2&=0\\ (we don't really care about the second column, although it's not much harder to compute). Let $T$ be an $n \times n$ square matrix over $\mathbb{C}$. The dimension of the eigenspace corresponding to λ\lambdaλ is called the geometric multiplicity. What I want to prove is the assertion that "Almost all square matrices over $\mathbb{C}$ is diagonalizable". The measure on the space of matrices is obvious, since it can be identified with $\mathbb{C}^{n^2}$. Dear Anweshi, a matrix is diagonalizable if only if it is a normal operator. Finally, note that there is a matrix which is not diagonalizable and not invertible. Diagonal matrices are relatively easy to compute with, and similar matrices share many properties, so diagonalizable matrices are well-suited for computation. and in the space generated by the $\lambda_i$'s, the measure of the set in which it can happen that $\lambda_i = \lambda_j$ when $i \neq j$, is $0$: this set is a union of hyperplanes, each of measure $0$. Dense sets can be of measure zero. @Qiaochu. And we can write down the matrices PPP and DDD: It is straightforward to check that A=PDP−1A=PDP^{-1}A=PDP−1 as desired. All this fuss about "the analytic part"---just use the Zariski topology :-). May I ask more information about this "so" you use? Now the set of polynomials with repeated roots is the zero locus of a non-trivial polynomial Since similar matrices have the same eigenvalues (indeed, the same characteristic polynomial), if AAA were diagonalizable, it would be similar to a diagonal matrix with 111 as its only eigenvalue, namely the identity matrix. surjective, open, ... ). A^5 &= \begin{pmatrix} 8&5\\5&3 \end{pmatrix}, Of course, I do not know how to write it in detail with the epsilons and deltas, but I am convinced by the heuristics. If V is a finite-dimensional vector space, then a linear map T : V â V is called diagonalizable if there exists an ordered basis of V with respect to which T is represented by a diagonal matrix. (PD)(ei​)=P(λi​ei​)=λi​vi​=A(vi​)=(AP−1)(ei​). P=(ϕρ11)D=(ϕ00ρ)P−1=15(1−ρ−1ϕ). That is, AAA is diagonalizable if there is an invertible matrix PPP and a diagonal matrix DDD such that A=PDP−1.A=PDP^{-1}.A=PDP−1. The eigenvalues are the roots λ\lambdaλ of the characteristic polynomial: This polynomial doesnât factor over the reals, but over â it does. A matrix such as has 0 as its only eigenvalue but it is not the zero matrix and thus it cannot be diagonalisable. For examples the rationals. So far, so good. Its roots are Î» = ± i . MathOverflow is a question and answer site for professional mathematicians. For example, the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1\\ 0& 0 \end{bmatrix}$ is such a matrix. Thus so does its preimage. Since µ = Î», it follows that uTv = 0. We can conclude that A is diagonalizable over C but not over R if and only if k from MATH 217 at University of Michigan Can I assign the term “is eigenvector” and “is eigenmatrix” of matrix **P** in my specific (infinite-size) case? D=(d11d22⋱dnn). To you it means unitarily equivalent to a diagonal matrix. So the conclusion is that A=PDP−1, A = PDP^{-1},A=PDP−1, where But it is not hard to check that it has two distinct eigenvalues over C, \mathbb C, C, since the characteristic polynomial is t 2 + 1 = (t + i) (t â i). @Anweshi: The analytic part enters when Mariano waves his hands---"Now the set where a non-zero polynomial vanishes is very, very thin"---so there is a little more work to be done. For instance, if the matrix has real entries, its eigenvalues may be complex, so that the matrix may be diagonalizable over C\mathbb CC without being diagonalizable over R.\mathbb R.R. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Given a 3 by 3 matrix with unknowns a, b, c, determine the values of a, b, c so that the matrix is diagonalizable. This is an elementary question, but a little subtle so I hope it is suitable for MO. I wish I could accept your answer. In particular, the real matrix (0 1 1 0) commutes with its transpose and thus is diagonalizable over C, but the real spectral theorem does not apply to this matrix and in fact this matrix â¦ site design / logo © 2020 Stack Exchange Inc; user contributions licensed under cc by-sa. □A=PD P^{-1}=\begin{pmatrix}1&-1\\-1&2\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}2&0\\0&3\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}2&1\\1&1\end{pmatrix}.\ _\squareA=PDP−1=(1−1​−12​)(20​03​)(21​11​). Thanks for contributing an answer to MathOverflow! t^2+1 = (t+i)(t-i). Therefore we only have to worry about the cases of k=-1 and k=0. &= \frac1{\sqrt{5}} \begin{pmatrix} \phi^{n+1} & \rho^{n+1} \\ \phi^n & \rho^n \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} 1&-\rho \\ -1&\phi \end{pmatrix} \\ Here you go. so the natural conjecture is that An=(Fn+1FnFnFn−1),A^n = \begin{pmatrix} F_{n+1}&F_n\\F_n&F_{n-1} \end{pmatrix},An=(Fn+1​Fn​​Fn​Fn−1​​), which is easy to prove by induction. \end{aligned} In this note, we consider the problem of computing the exponential of a real matrix. \begin{pmatrix}2&1&1\\-1&0&-1\\-1&-1&0 \end{pmatrix} polynomial is the best kind of map you could imagine (algebraic, To see this, let kkk be the largest positive integer such that v1,…,vkv_1,\ldots,v_kv1​,…,vk​ are linearly independent. □_\square□​. The multiplicity we have referred to above, the exponent of the factor (t−λ)(t-\lambda)(t−λ) in the characteristic polynomial, is known as the algebraic multiplicity. Thus, Jordan canonical form gives the closest possible to a diagonal matrix. One can use this observation to reduce many theorems in linear algebra to the diagonalizable case, the idea being that any polynomial identity that holds on a Zariski-dense set of all $n \times n$ matrices must hold (by definition of the Zariski topology!) whether the geometric multiplicity of 111 is 111 or 2).2).2). det⁡(A−λI)=∣2−λ11−1−λ−1−1−1−λ∣=0  ⟹  λ2(2−λ)+2+(λ−2)−λ−λ=0−λ3+2λ2−λ=0λ=0,1.\begin{aligned} a1λ1v1+a2λ2v2+⋯+akλkvk=λk+1vk+1. That is, if and only if $A$ commutes with its adjoint ($AA^{+}=A^{+}A$). a_1 \lambda_1 v_1 + a_2 \lambda_2 v_2 + \cdots + a_k \lambda_k v_k = \lambda_{k+1} v_{k+1}. As a very simple example, one can immediately deduce that the characteristic polynomials $AB$ and $BA$ coincide, because if $A$ is invertible, the matrices are similar. and subtracting these two equations gives which has a two-dimensional nullspace, spanned by, for instance, the vectors s2=(1−10)s_2 = \begin{pmatrix} 1\\-1\\0\end{pmatrix}s2​=⎝⎛​1−10​⎠⎞​ and s3=(10−1).s_3 = \begin{pmatrix} 1\\0\\-1 \end{pmatrix}.s3​=⎝⎛​10−1​⎠⎞​. &\rightarrow \begin{pmatrix} 1&0&1\\0&1&-1\\-1&-1&0 \end{pmatrix} \\ a_1 v_1 + a_2 v_2 + \cdots + a_k v_k = v_{k+1} Already have an account? Dear Anweshi, a matrix is diagonalizable if only if it is a normal operator. A diagonal square matrix is a matrix whose only nonzero entries are on the diagonal: The $n$th power of a matrix by Companion matrix, Jordan form on an invariant vector subspace. The first theorem about diagonalizable matrices shows that a large class of matrices is automatically diagonalizable. is not diagonalizable, since the eigenvalues of A are 1 = 2 = 1 and eigenvectors are of the form = t ( 0, 1 ), t 0 and therefore A does not have two linearly independent eigenvectors. An=A⋅An−1​=(11​10​)(Fn​Fn−1​​Fn−1​Fn−2​​)=(Fn​+Fn−1​Fn​​Fn−1​+Fn−2​Fn−1​​)=(Fn+1​Fn​​Fn​Fn−1​​)​ Do matrices with only elements along the main and anti-diagonals have a name? For each of the following matrices A, determine (1) if A is diagonalizable over Rand (ii) if A is diago- nalizable over C. When A is diagonalizable over C, find the eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and eigenbasis, and an invertible matrix P and diagonal matrix D such that p-I AP=D. 15(ϕn−ρn)=(1+5)n−(1−5)n2n5, Therefore the set where the discriminant does not vanish is contained in the set of diagonalizable matrices. &\rightarrow \begin{pmatrix}-1&0&-1\\0&1&-1\\-1&-1&0 \end{pmatrix} \\ t 2 + 1 = (t + i) (t â i). Diagonalizable, but not invertible. (PD)(ei)=P(λiei)=λivi=A(vi)=(AP−1)(ei). Stack Exchange network consists of 176 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. So RRR is diagonalizable over C.\mathbb C.C. There are all possibilities. Even a condition such as "closed" won't help. 1 PDP−1​=(ϕ1​ρ1​)=(ϕ0​0ρ​)=5​1​(1−1​−ρϕ​).​. A = \begin{pmatrix}1&1\\1&-1 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} 1&0\\0&-1 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix}1&1\\1&-1 \end{pmatrix}^{-1}. λ2=1:\lambda_2 = 1:λ2​=1: An=(PDP−1)n=(PDP−1)(PDP−1)(⋯ )(PDP−1)=PDnP−1 New user? (i) If there are just two eigenvectors (up to multiplication by a constant), then the matrix cannot be diagonalised. Use MathJax to format equations. Diagonalize A=(1−124).A=\begin{pmatrix} 1&-1\\2&4\end{pmatrix}.A=(12​−14​). To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers. It is not hard to prove that the algebraic multiplicity is always ≥\ge≥ the geometric multiplicity, so AAA is diagonalizable if and only if these multiplicities are equal for every eigenvalue λ.\lambda.λ. Anyway, I think by now you take my point... Or you could simply upper-triangularize your matrix and do the same. This is in some sense a cosmetic issue, which can be corrected by passing to the larger field. A^2 &= \begin{pmatrix} 2&1\\1&1 \end{pmatrix} \\ I am able to reason out the algebra part as above, but is finding difficulty in the analytic part. In particular, the bottom left entry, which is FnF_nFn​ by induction, equals (PD)(e_i) = P(\lambda_i e_i) = \lambda_i v_i = A(v_i) = (AP^{-1})(e_i). If k≠n,k \ne n,k​=n, then there is a dependence relation The characteristic polynomial is (1−t)(−t)−1=t2−t−1,(1-t)(-t)-1 = t^2-t-1,(1−t)(−t)−1=t2−t−1, whose roots are ϕ\phiϕ and ρ,\rho,ρ, where ϕ\phiϕ is the golden ratio and ρ=1−52\rho = \frac{1-\sqrt{5}}2ρ=21−5​​ is its conjugate. \begin{aligned} A=(11​1−1​)(10​0−1​)(11​1−1​)−1. A diagonal matrix is a matrix where all elements are zero except the elements of the main diagonal. Proving “almost all matrices over C are diagonalizable”. \end{aligned}det(A−λI)=∣∣∣∣​1−λ2​−14−λ​∣∣∣∣​=0⟹(1−λ)(4−λ)+2λ2−5λ+6λ​=0=0=2,3.​ The discriminant argument shows that for for $n \times n$ matrices over any field $k$, the Zariski closure of the set of non-diagonalizable matrices is proper in $\mathbb{A}^{n^2}$ -- an irreducible algebraic variety -- and therefore of smaller dimension. So to a matrix $M$ its char. rev 2020.12.14.38165, The best answers are voted up and rise to the top, MathOverflow works best with JavaScript enabled, Start here for a quick overview of the site, Detailed answers to any questions you might have, Discuss the workings and policies of this site, Learn more about Stack Overflow the company, Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us. As a closed set with empty interior can still have positive measure, this doesn't quite clinch the argument in the measure-theoretic sense. So AAA cannot be diagonalizable. Therefore, the set of diagonalizable matrices has null measure in the set of square matrices. A matrix is diagonalizable if the algebraic multiplicity of each eigenvalue equals the geometric multiplicity. The multiplicity of each eigenvalue is important in deciding whether the matrix is diagonalizable: as we have seen, if each multiplicity is 1,1,1, the matrix is automatically diagonalizable. A^4 &= \begin{pmatrix} 5&3\\3&2 \end{pmatrix} \\ In short, the space of matrices in ${\mathbb C}$ whose eigenvalues are distinct has full measure (i.e. Note that the matrices PPP and DDD are not unique. This extends immediately to a definition of diagonalizability for linear transformations: if VVV is a finite-dimensional vector space, we say that a linear transformation T ⁣:V→VT \colon V \to VT:V→V is diagonalizable if there is a basis of VVV consisting of eigenvectors for T.T.T. (4) If neither (2) nor (3) hold, then Ais diagonalizable. Is it always possible to “separate” the eigenvalues of an integer matrix? A1=(1110)A2=(2111)A3=(3221)A4=(5332)A5=(8553), &= \begin{pmatrix} F_n+F_{n-1}&F_{n-1}+F_{n-2}\\F_n&F_{n-1} \end{pmatrix} \\ Matrix diagonalization is useful in many computations involving matrices, because multiplying diagonal matrices is quite simple compared to multiplying arbitrary square matrices. DDD is unique up to a rearrangement of the diagonal terms, but PPP has much more freedom: while the column vectors from the 111-dimensional eigenspaces are determined up to a constant multiple, the column vectors from the larger eigenspaces can be chosen completely arbitrarily as long as they form a basis for their eigenspace. So the only thing left to do is to compute An.A^n.An. v (or because they are 1×1 matrices that are transposes of each other). D = \begin{pmatrix} d_{11} & & & \\ & d_{22} & & \\ & & \ddots & \\ & & & d_{nn} \end{pmatrix}. Two different things. (2) If P( ) does not have nreal roots, counting multiplicities (in other words, if it has some complex roots), then Ais not diagonalizable. Note that having repeated roots in the characteristic polynomial does not imply that the matrix is not diagonalizable: to give the most basic example, the n×nn\times nn×n identity matrix is diagonalizable (diagonal, in fact), but it has only one eigenvalue λ=1\lambda=1λ=1 with multiplicity n.n.n. \begin{aligned} Answer: -1 or 0. I have modified accordingly. \frac1{\sqrt{5}} (\phi^n-\rho^n) = \frac{(1+\sqrt{5})^n-(1-\sqrt{5})^n}{2^n\sqrt{5}}, @Emerton. That is, almost all complex matrices are not diagonalizable. Multiplying both sides of the original equation by λk+1\lambda_{k+1}λk+1​ instead gives We find eigenvectors for these eigenvalues: λ1=0:\lambda_1 = 0:λ1​=0: \begin{pmatrix} 1&1&1 \\ -1&-1&-1 \\ -1&-1&-1 \end{pmatrix} \rightarrow \begin{pmatrix} 1&1&1\\0&0&0 \\ 0&0&0 \end{pmatrix}, for some coefficients ai.a_i.ai​. Putting this all together gives So it is not clear whether AAA is diagonalizable until we know whether there are enough eigenvectors in the 111-eigenspace (((i.e. The discriminant of the characteristic polynomial of a matrix depends polynomially on the coefficients of the matrix, and its vanishing detects precisely the existence of multiple eigenvalues. a1(λ1−λk+1)v1+a2(λ2−λk+1)v2+⋯+ak(λk−λk+1)vk=0, -Dardo. Diagonalize A=(211−10−1−1−10)A=\begin{pmatrix}2&1&1\\-1&0&-1\\-1&-1&0 \end{pmatrix}A=⎝⎛​2−1−1​10−1​1−10​⎠⎞​. as desired. The map from $\mathbb C^{n^2}$ to the space of monic polynomials of degree $n$ which associates But multiplying a matrix by eie_iei​ just gives its ithi^\text{th}ith column. its complement has measure zero). An=(PDP−1)n=(PDP−1)(PDP−1)(⋯)(PDP−1)=PDnP−1 "Diagonalizable" to the OP means similar to a diagonal matrix. In fact by purely algebraic means it is possible to reduce to the case of $k = \mathbb{R}$ (and thereby define the determinant in terms of change of volume, etc.). If a set in its source has positive measure, than so does its image. N(A−λ2I)=N(A−I),N(A-\lambda_2I) = N(A-I),N(A−λ2​I)=N(A−I), which can be computed by Gauss-Jordan elimination: Is There a Matrix that is Not Diagonalizable and Not Invertible? By the change of basis theorem, an n×nn\times nn×n matrix AAA with entries in a field FFF is diagonalizable if and only if there is a basis of FnF^nFn consisting of eigenvectors of A.A.A. @Harald. Add to solve later Sponsored Links ): in particular, its complement is Zariski dense. \end{aligned} The added benefit is that the same argument proves that Zariski closed sets are of measure zero. By \explicit" I mean that it can always be worked out with pen and paper; it can be long, it can be tedious, but it can be done. (111−1−1−1−1−1−1)→(111000000), \lambda&= 2,3. There are other ways to see that AAA is not diagonalizable, e.g. {\mathbb R}^3.R3. n(C) satisfying AA >= A>Ais diagonalizable in M n(C).1 When Ais real, so A>= A>, saying AA>= A>Ais weaker than saying A= A>. &= \frac1{\sqrt{5}} \begin{pmatrix} \phi^{n+1}-\rho^{n+1} & * \\ \phi^n - \rho^n & * \end{pmatrix} From Theorem 2.2.3 and Lemma 2.1.2, it follows that if the symmetric matrix A â Mn(R) has distinct eigenvalues, then A = Pâ1AP (or PTAP) for some orthogonal matrix P. Let viv_ivi​ be an eigenvector with eigenvalue λi,\lambda_i,λi​, 1≤i≤n.1 \le i \le n.1≤i≤n. But here I have cheated, I used only the characteristic equation instead of using the full matrix. The rotation matrix R=(0−110)R = \begin{pmatrix} 0&-1\\1&0 \end{pmatrix}R=(01​−10​) is not diagonalizable over R.\mathbb R.R. So this gives a basis of eigenvectors of A,A,A, and hence AAA is diagonalizable. With a bit more care, one can derive the entire theory of determinants and characteristic polynomials from such specialization arguments. All I am able to manage is the following. A=(111−1)(100−1)(111−1)−1. 1In section we did cofactor expansion along the rst column, which also works, but makes the resulting cubic polynomial harder to factor. (211−10−1−1−10)→(−10−1211−1−10)→(−10−101−1−1−10)→(10101−1−1−10)→(10101−1000), Prove that a given matrix is diagonalizable but not diagonalized by a real nonsingular matrix. and each $J_i$ has the property that $J_i - \lambda_i I$ is nilpotent, and in fact has kernel strictly smaller than $(J_i - \lambda_i I)^2$, which shows that none of these Jordan blocks fix any proper subspace of the subspace which they fix. A^n = (PDP^{-1})^n = (PDP^{-1})(PDP^{-1})(\cdots)(PDP^{-1}) = PD^nP^{-1} Indeed, it has no real eigenvalues: if vvv is a vector in R2,{\mathbb R}^2,R2, then RvRvRv equals vvv rotated counterclockwise by 90∘.90^\circ.90∘. 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