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Syntax

                eigenvalues = Matrices.eigenValues(A);
(eigenvalues, eigenvectors) = Matrices.eigenValues(A);

Description

This function call returns the eigenvalues and optionally the (right) eigenvectors of a square matrix A. The first column of "eigenvalues" contains the real and the second column contains the imaginary part of the eigenvalues. If the i-th eigenvalue has no imaginary part, then eigenvectors[:,i] is the corresponding real eigenvector. If the i-th eigenvalue has an imaginary part, then eigenvalues[i+1,:] is the conjugate complex eigenvalue and eigenvectors[:,i] is the real and eigenvectors[:,i+1] is the imaginary part of the eigenvector of the i-th eigenvalue. With function Matrices.eigenValueMatrix, a real block diagonal matrix is constructed from the eigenvalues such that

A = eigenvectors * eigenValueMatrix(eigenvalues) * inv(eigenvectors)

provided the eigenvector matrix "eigenvectors" can be inverted (an inversion is possible, if all eigenvalues are different; in some cases, an inversion is also possible if some eigenvalues are the same).

Example

  Real A[3,3] = [1,2,3;
                 3,4,5;
                 2,1,4];
  Real eval[3,2];
algorithm
  eval := Matrices.eigenValues(A);  // eval = [-0.618, 0;
                                    //          8.0  , 0;
                                    //          1.618, 0];

i.e., matrix A has the 3 real eigenvalues -0.618, 8, 1.618.

See also