grandes-ecoles 2013 QIV.B.2

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths2__mp Matrices Eigenvalue and Characteristic Polynomial Analysis

Let $f$ be a linear form on $\mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R})$, and let $A$ be the unique matrix in $\mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R})$ such that $\forall M \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R}), f(M) = \operatorname{Tr}(AM)$.
Justify that ${}^t A A$ admits $n$ positive eigenvalues $\mu_1, \ldots, \mu_n$, counted with multiplicities.

Let $f$ be a linear form on $\mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R})$, and let $A$ be the unique matrix in $\mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R})$ such that $\forall M \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R}), f(M) = \operatorname{Tr}(AM)$.

Justify that ${}^t A A$ admits $n$ positive eigenvalues $\mu_1, \ldots, \mu_n$, counted with multiplicities.

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QI.A.1 QI.A.2 QI.B.1 QI.B.2 QI.B.3 QI.C.1 QI.C.2 QI.C.3 QI.D.1 QI.D.2 QI.D.3 QI.D.4 QI.E QII.A.1 QII.A.2 QII.A.3 QII.B.1 QII.B.2 QIII.A QIII.B QIII.C QIII.D QIV.A QIV.B.1 QIV.B.2 QIV.B.3 QIV.B.4 QIV.C.1 QIV.C.2 QIV.C.3 QIV.C.4 QIV.C.5