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Show that the algorithm cannot converge for this example. Hint: Try a few iterationsof the algorithm. Use a computer algebra system if you like.

5. ↑Show the two matrices A ≡

(0 −1

4 0

)and B ≡

(0 −2

2 0

)are similar; that

is there exists a matrix S such that A = S−1BS but there is no orthogonal matrixQ such that QTBQ = A. Show the QR algorithm does converge for the matrix Balthough it fails to do so for A.

6. Let F be an m× n matrix. Show that F ∗F has all real eigenvalues and furthermore,they are all nonnegative.

7. If A is a real n×n matrix and λ is a complex eigenvalue λ = a+ ib, b ̸= 0, of A havingeigenvector z+ iw, show that w ̸= 0.

8. Suppose A = QTDQ where Q is an orthogonal matrix and all the matrices are real.Also D is a diagonal matrix. Show that A must be symmetric.

9. Suppose A is an n× n matrix and there exists a unitary matrix U such that

A = U∗DU

where D is a diagonal matrix. Explain why A must be normal.

10. If A is Hermitian, show that det (A) must be real.

11. Show that every unitary matrix preserves distance. That is, if U is unitary,

|Ux| = |x| .

12. Show that if a matrix does preserve distances, then it must be unitary.

13. ↑Show that a complex normal matrix A is unitary if and only if its eigenvalues havemagnitude equal to 1.

14. Suppose A is an n× n matrix which is diagonally dominant. Recall this means∑j ̸=i

|aij | < |aii|

show A−1 must exist.

15. Give some disks in the complex plane whose union contains all the eigenvalues of thematrix  1 + 2i 4 2

0 i 3

5 6 7

16. Show a square matrix is invertible if and only if it has no zero eigenvalues.

17. Using Schur’s theorem, show the trace of an n × n matrix equals the sum of theeigenvalues and the determinant of an n×n matrix is the product of the eigenvalues.

18. Using Schur’s theorem, show that if A is any complex n×n matrix having eigenvalues{λi} listed according to multiplicity, then

∑i,j |Aij |2 ≥

∑ni=1 |λi|

2. Show that equality

holds if and only if A is normal. This inequality is called Schur’s inequality. [20]