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Spectrum of a Hermitian matrix
Diagonalise the Hermitian matrix : find its real eigenvalues from the characteristic polynomial, then the normalised eigenvector for the largest eigenvalue.
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Step 1: Find the eigenvalues
Let . Check that , so its eigenvalues are real. Solve and enter the two eigenvalues as real numbers, in any order. Answers are accepted within .
Step 2: Normalised eigenvector for λ = 4
Find the eigenvector of with , normalised so that and with the global phase fixed so that is real and positive. Enter and as complex numbers. Answers are accepted within .