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where A =
P 1 AP .Because
was untouchedbythe transformation, the eigenval-
ues of A are also the eigenvalues of A . Matrices thathave the sameeigenvalues are
deemed to be similar , and the transformationbetween themiscalleda similarity
transformation .
Similarity transformations arefrequentlyused to change an eigenvalue problem
to a form that iseasier to solve. Suppose that we managedbysome meanstofind a P
that diagonalizes A ,sothat Eqs. (9.6) are
λ
A 11 λ
x 1
x 2
.
x n
0
···
0
0
0
.
0
A 22 λ
0
···
0
=
.
.
.
. . .
A nn λ
0
0
···
The solution of these equations is
A 11
A 22
A nn
λ 1 =
λ 2 =
···
λ n =
(9.7)
1
0
.
0
0
1
.
0
0
0
.
1
x 1 =
x 2 =
x n =
···
or
x 1
x n
X =
x 2
···
=
I
According to Eq. (9.5) the eigenvectormatrix of A is
PX =
X
=
PI
=
P
(9.8)
Hence the transformationmatrix P is the eigenvectormatrix of A and the eigenvalues
of A are the diagonaltermsof A .
Jacobi Rotation
A specialtransformationis the plane rotation
Rx
x
=
(9.9)
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