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Eigendecomposition#

Definition: Diagonalizability

A square matrix \(A \in F^{n \times n}\) is diagonalizable if the endomorphism \(f: F^n \to F^n\) whose matrix representation with respect to the standard basis of \(F^n\) is \(A\) is diagonalizable.

Theorem: Diagonalizability

A square matrix \(A \in F^{n \times n}\) is diagonalizable if and only if there exists an invertible matrix \(P \in F^{n \times n}\) such that

\[D = P^{-1} A P\]

is a diagonal matrix.

In this case, if \(\lambda_1, \dotsc, \lambda_n\) are the (potentially not distinct) eigenvalues of \(A\), then the \(j\)-th entry on the diagonal of \(D\) is \(\lambda_j\) and the \(j\)-th column of \(P\) is an eigenvector of \(A\) associated with \(\lambda_j\).

Proof

TODO