grandes-ecoles 2023 Q18

grandes-ecoles · France · x-ens-maths-b__mp Matrices Eigenvalue and Characteristic Polynomial Analysis
We consider $M \in \mathscr { D } _ { \rho } \left( S _ { n } ( \mathbb { R } ) \right)$ and we set $\chi = \operatorname { det } \left( X I _ { n } - M \right) \in \mathscr { D } _ { \rho } \left( \mathbb { R } _ { n } [ X ] \right)$.
Show that $M _ { \mid t = 0 }$ admits a real eigenvalue.
We consider $M \in \mathscr { D } _ { \rho } \left( S _ { n } ( \mathbb { R } ) \right)$ and we set $\chi = \operatorname { det } \left( X I _ { n } - M \right) \in \mathscr { D } _ { \rho } \left( \mathbb { R } _ { n } [ X ] \right)$.

Show that $M _ { \mid t = 0 }$ admits a real eigenvalue.