Need help solving for a linear system $x_1$ + $2x_2$ = $λx_1$ & $2x_1$ + $2x_2$ = $λx_2$
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I'm working on an exercise problem that is as follows. Find all real values of λ for which the system has a non trivial solution
$x_1$ + $2x_2$ = $λx_1$
$2x_1$ + $x_2$ = $λx_2$
I'm not sure if I did it correctly but I rewrote the equation as:
$$
begin{matrix}
1 & 2\
2 & 1\
end{matrix}
$$
multiplied by
$$
begin{matrix}
x_1\
x_2\
end{matrix}
$$
which equals
$$
begin{matrix}
λx_1\
λx_2\
end{matrix}
$$
I then multiplied the both sides by the inverse of the the 2x2 matrix giving me just
$$
begin{matrix}
x_1\
x_2\
end{matrix}
$$
on the left hand side and I solved for $x_1$ and $x_2$ in terms of $λx_1$ and $λx_2$. After this I plugged the values I got for $x_1$ and $x_2$ back into the first equation in the linear system. I feel like I'm on the wrong track, so any help on how to solve this would be appreciated.
linear-algebra
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I'm working on an exercise problem that is as follows. Find all real values of λ for which the system has a non trivial solution
$x_1$ + $2x_2$ = $λx_1$
$2x_1$ + $x_2$ = $λx_2$
I'm not sure if I did it correctly but I rewrote the equation as:
$$
begin{matrix}
1 & 2\
2 & 1\
end{matrix}
$$
multiplied by
$$
begin{matrix}
x_1\
x_2\
end{matrix}
$$
which equals
$$
begin{matrix}
λx_1\
λx_2\
end{matrix}
$$
I then multiplied the both sides by the inverse of the the 2x2 matrix giving me just
$$
begin{matrix}
x_1\
x_2\
end{matrix}
$$
on the left hand side and I solved for $x_1$ and $x_2$ in terms of $λx_1$ and $λx_2$. After this I plugged the values I got for $x_1$ and $x_2$ back into the first equation in the linear system. I feel like I'm on the wrong track, so any help on how to solve this would be appreciated.
linear-algebra
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Sorry I corrected it. I wrote down the intial linear system wrong.
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– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:32
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Move everything to one side of the equal sign, correct like terms, turn it into a matrix. Solve for when the determinant is zero.
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– Kaynex
Feb 17 '16 at 20:51
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I'm working on an exercise problem that is as follows. Find all real values of λ for which the system has a non trivial solution
$x_1$ + $2x_2$ = $λx_1$
$2x_1$ + $x_2$ = $λx_2$
I'm not sure if I did it correctly but I rewrote the equation as:
$$
begin{matrix}
1 & 2\
2 & 1\
end{matrix}
$$
multiplied by
$$
begin{matrix}
x_1\
x_2\
end{matrix}
$$
which equals
$$
begin{matrix}
λx_1\
λx_2\
end{matrix}
$$
I then multiplied the both sides by the inverse of the the 2x2 matrix giving me just
$$
begin{matrix}
x_1\
x_2\
end{matrix}
$$
on the left hand side and I solved for $x_1$ and $x_2$ in terms of $λx_1$ and $λx_2$. After this I plugged the values I got for $x_1$ and $x_2$ back into the first equation in the linear system. I feel like I'm on the wrong track, so any help on how to solve this would be appreciated.
linear-algebra
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I'm working on an exercise problem that is as follows. Find all real values of λ for which the system has a non trivial solution
$x_1$ + $2x_2$ = $λx_1$
$2x_1$ + $x_2$ = $λx_2$
I'm not sure if I did it correctly but I rewrote the equation as:
$$
begin{matrix}
1 & 2\
2 & 1\
end{matrix}
$$
multiplied by
$$
begin{matrix}
x_1\
x_2\
end{matrix}
$$
which equals
$$
begin{matrix}
λx_1\
λx_2\
end{matrix}
$$
I then multiplied the both sides by the inverse of the the 2x2 matrix giving me just
$$
begin{matrix}
x_1\
x_2\
end{matrix}
$$
on the left hand side and I solved for $x_1$ and $x_2$ in terms of $λx_1$ and $λx_2$. After this I plugged the values I got for $x_1$ and $x_2$ back into the first equation in the linear system. I feel like I'm on the wrong track, so any help on how to solve this would be appreciated.
linear-algebra
linear-algebra
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Sorry I corrected it. I wrote down the intial linear system wrong.
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– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:32
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Move everything to one side of the equal sign, correct like terms, turn it into a matrix. Solve for when the determinant is zero.
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– Kaynex
Feb 17 '16 at 20:51
add a comment |
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Sorry I corrected it. I wrote down the intial linear system wrong.
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– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:32
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Move everything to one side of the equal sign, correct like terms, turn it into a matrix. Solve for when the determinant is zero.
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– Kaynex
Feb 17 '16 at 20:51
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Sorry I corrected it. I wrote down the intial linear system wrong.
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– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:32
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Sorry I corrected it. I wrote down the intial linear system wrong.
$endgroup$
– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:32
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Move everything to one side of the equal sign, correct like terms, turn it into a matrix. Solve for when the determinant is zero.
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– Kaynex
Feb 17 '16 at 20:51
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Move everything to one side of the equal sign, correct like terms, turn it into a matrix. Solve for when the determinant is zero.
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– Kaynex
Feb 17 '16 at 20:51
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If you do not know linear algebra, then rewrite the first equation to $x_2=frac{x_1(lambda-1)}{2}$ and substitute this into the second equation. Then we obtain
$$
(lambda+1)(lambda-3)x_1=0.
$$
Now argue that we have a non-trivial solution only for $(lambda+1)(lambda-3)=0$.
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You have
$$begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 \
2 & 2
end{bmatrix} begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \
x_2
end{bmatrix}=
lambda begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \
x_2
end{bmatrix},$$
so $lambda$ is eigenvalue of matrix $begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 \
2 & 2
end{bmatrix}$. Can you find all eigenvalues of that matrix using, for example, characteristic polynomial?
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I don't know what an eigenvalue is. Looking ahead in the textbook, it's a topic in the next section, so I'm assuming the textbook wants me to solve it without knowing what an eigenvalue is.
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– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:34
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@PCR what if your textbook wants to lure you to the idea of eigenvctors and eigenvalues? In my time, I had much, much more trouble with those teachers who did not want me to look ahead.
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– Gyro Gearloose
Feb 17 '16 at 20:42
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The mistake you made: You have chosen $A=begin{bmatrix}1 & 2\2 & 1end{bmatrix}$ and $x=begin{bmatrix}x_1\x_2end{bmatrix}$. So you have $Ax=lambda x$ in the matrix equation form. When you multiply $A^{-1}$, you will get $x=Ix=A^{-1}Ax=lambda A^{-1}x$. Observe the right hand side involves another matrix $A^{-1}$. Hence you are not getting the solution. Consider the technique suggested by 'Dietrich Burde' and try to generalize. Your text book is probably designed in such a way that you can understand the generalizations in the next sections.
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If you do not know linear algebra, then rewrite the first equation to $x_2=frac{x_1(lambda-1)}{2}$ and substitute this into the second equation. Then we obtain
$$
(lambda+1)(lambda-3)x_1=0.
$$
Now argue that we have a non-trivial solution only for $(lambda+1)(lambda-3)=0$.
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
If you do not know linear algebra, then rewrite the first equation to $x_2=frac{x_1(lambda-1)}{2}$ and substitute this into the second equation. Then we obtain
$$
(lambda+1)(lambda-3)x_1=0.
$$
Now argue that we have a non-trivial solution only for $(lambda+1)(lambda-3)=0$.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
If you do not know linear algebra, then rewrite the first equation to $x_2=frac{x_1(lambda-1)}{2}$ and substitute this into the second equation. Then we obtain
$$
(lambda+1)(lambda-3)x_1=0.
$$
Now argue that we have a non-trivial solution only for $(lambda+1)(lambda-3)=0$.
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If you do not know linear algebra, then rewrite the first equation to $x_2=frac{x_1(lambda-1)}{2}$ and substitute this into the second equation. Then we obtain
$$
(lambda+1)(lambda-3)x_1=0.
$$
Now argue that we have a non-trivial solution only for $(lambda+1)(lambda-3)=0$.
answered Feb 17 '16 at 20:42
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You have
$$begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 \
2 & 2
end{bmatrix} begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \
x_2
end{bmatrix}=
lambda begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \
x_2
end{bmatrix},$$
so $lambda$ is eigenvalue of matrix $begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 \
2 & 2
end{bmatrix}$. Can you find all eigenvalues of that matrix using, for example, characteristic polynomial?
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I don't know what an eigenvalue is. Looking ahead in the textbook, it's a topic in the next section, so I'm assuming the textbook wants me to solve it without knowing what an eigenvalue is.
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– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:34
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@PCR what if your textbook wants to lure you to the idea of eigenvctors and eigenvalues? In my time, I had much, much more trouble with those teachers who did not want me to look ahead.
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– Gyro Gearloose
Feb 17 '16 at 20:42
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You have
$$begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 \
2 & 2
end{bmatrix} begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \
x_2
end{bmatrix}=
lambda begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \
x_2
end{bmatrix},$$
so $lambda$ is eigenvalue of matrix $begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 \
2 & 2
end{bmatrix}$. Can you find all eigenvalues of that matrix using, for example, characteristic polynomial?
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
I don't know what an eigenvalue is. Looking ahead in the textbook, it's a topic in the next section, so I'm assuming the textbook wants me to solve it without knowing what an eigenvalue is.
$endgroup$
– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:34
$begingroup$
@PCR what if your textbook wants to lure you to the idea of eigenvctors and eigenvalues? In my time, I had much, much more trouble with those teachers who did not want me to look ahead.
$endgroup$
– Gyro Gearloose
Feb 17 '16 at 20:42
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You have
$$begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 \
2 & 2
end{bmatrix} begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \
x_2
end{bmatrix}=
lambda begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \
x_2
end{bmatrix},$$
so $lambda$ is eigenvalue of matrix $begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 \
2 & 2
end{bmatrix}$. Can you find all eigenvalues of that matrix using, for example, characteristic polynomial?
$endgroup$
You have
$$begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 \
2 & 2
end{bmatrix} begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \
x_2
end{bmatrix}=
lambda begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \
x_2
end{bmatrix},$$
so $lambda$ is eigenvalue of matrix $begin{bmatrix}
1 & 2 \
2 & 2
end{bmatrix}$. Can you find all eigenvalues of that matrix using, for example, characteristic polynomial?
answered Feb 17 '16 at 20:30
aghaagha
9,03641533
9,03641533
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I don't know what an eigenvalue is. Looking ahead in the textbook, it's a topic in the next section, so I'm assuming the textbook wants me to solve it without knowing what an eigenvalue is.
$endgroup$
– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:34
$begingroup$
@PCR what if your textbook wants to lure you to the idea of eigenvctors and eigenvalues? In my time, I had much, much more trouble with those teachers who did not want me to look ahead.
$endgroup$
– Gyro Gearloose
Feb 17 '16 at 20:42
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I don't know what an eigenvalue is. Looking ahead in the textbook, it's a topic in the next section, so I'm assuming the textbook wants me to solve it without knowing what an eigenvalue is.
$endgroup$
– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:34
$begingroup$
@PCR what if your textbook wants to lure you to the idea of eigenvctors and eigenvalues? In my time, I had much, much more trouble with those teachers who did not want me to look ahead.
$endgroup$
– Gyro Gearloose
Feb 17 '16 at 20:42
$begingroup$
I don't know what an eigenvalue is. Looking ahead in the textbook, it's a topic in the next section, so I'm assuming the textbook wants me to solve it without knowing what an eigenvalue is.
$endgroup$
– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:34
$begingroup$
I don't know what an eigenvalue is. Looking ahead in the textbook, it's a topic in the next section, so I'm assuming the textbook wants me to solve it without knowing what an eigenvalue is.
$endgroup$
– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:34
$begingroup$
@PCR what if your textbook wants to lure you to the idea of eigenvctors and eigenvalues? In my time, I had much, much more trouble with those teachers who did not want me to look ahead.
$endgroup$
– Gyro Gearloose
Feb 17 '16 at 20:42
$begingroup$
@PCR what if your textbook wants to lure you to the idea of eigenvctors and eigenvalues? In my time, I had much, much more trouble with those teachers who did not want me to look ahead.
$endgroup$
– Gyro Gearloose
Feb 17 '16 at 20:42
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The mistake you made: You have chosen $A=begin{bmatrix}1 & 2\2 & 1end{bmatrix}$ and $x=begin{bmatrix}x_1\x_2end{bmatrix}$. So you have $Ax=lambda x$ in the matrix equation form. When you multiply $A^{-1}$, you will get $x=Ix=A^{-1}Ax=lambda A^{-1}x$. Observe the right hand side involves another matrix $A^{-1}$. Hence you are not getting the solution. Consider the technique suggested by 'Dietrich Burde' and try to generalize. Your text book is probably designed in such a way that you can understand the generalizations in the next sections.
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add a comment |
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The mistake you made: You have chosen $A=begin{bmatrix}1 & 2\2 & 1end{bmatrix}$ and $x=begin{bmatrix}x_1\x_2end{bmatrix}$. So you have $Ax=lambda x$ in the matrix equation form. When you multiply $A^{-1}$, you will get $x=Ix=A^{-1}Ax=lambda A^{-1}x$. Observe the right hand side involves another matrix $A^{-1}$. Hence you are not getting the solution. Consider the technique suggested by 'Dietrich Burde' and try to generalize. Your text book is probably designed in such a way that you can understand the generalizations in the next sections.
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add a comment |
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The mistake you made: You have chosen $A=begin{bmatrix}1 & 2\2 & 1end{bmatrix}$ and $x=begin{bmatrix}x_1\x_2end{bmatrix}$. So you have $Ax=lambda x$ in the matrix equation form. When you multiply $A^{-1}$, you will get $x=Ix=A^{-1}Ax=lambda A^{-1}x$. Observe the right hand side involves another matrix $A^{-1}$. Hence you are not getting the solution. Consider the technique suggested by 'Dietrich Burde' and try to generalize. Your text book is probably designed in such a way that you can understand the generalizations in the next sections.
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The mistake you made: You have chosen $A=begin{bmatrix}1 & 2\2 & 1end{bmatrix}$ and $x=begin{bmatrix}x_1\x_2end{bmatrix}$. So you have $Ax=lambda x$ in the matrix equation form. When you multiply $A^{-1}$, you will get $x=Ix=A^{-1}Ax=lambda A^{-1}x$. Observe the right hand side involves another matrix $A^{-1}$. Hence you are not getting the solution. Consider the technique suggested by 'Dietrich Burde' and try to generalize. Your text book is probably designed in such a way that you can understand the generalizations in the next sections.
answered Feb 18 '16 at 15:20
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Sorry I corrected it. I wrote down the intial linear system wrong.
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– PCR
Feb 17 '16 at 20:32
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Move everything to one side of the equal sign, correct like terms, turn it into a matrix. Solve for when the determinant is zero.
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– Kaynex
Feb 17 '16 at 20:51