grandes-ecoles 2012 QI.A

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths2__psi Matrices Eigenvalue and Characteristic Polynomial Analysis
Let $A = \left( a _ { i j } \right) _ { 1 \leqslant i , j \leqslant n } \in \mathcal { M } _ { n } ( \mathbb { R } )$. We define $R ( A ) = \left\{ { } ^ { t } X A X \mid X \in \mathbb { R } ^ { n } , \| X \| = 1 \right\}$.
Prove that the real eigenvalues of $A$ are in $R ( A )$.
Let $A = \left( a _ { i j } \right) _ { 1 \leqslant i , j \leqslant n } \in \mathcal { M } _ { n } ( \mathbb { R } )$. We define $R ( A ) = \left\{ { } ^ { t } X A X \mid X \in \mathbb { R } ^ { n } , \| X \| = 1 \right\}$.

Prove that the real eigenvalues of $A$ are in $R ( A )$.