grandes-ecoles 2020 Q21

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths1__psi Matrices Eigenvalue and Characteristic Polynomial Analysis
Throughout part II, $A \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R})$ is a strictly positive matrix satisfying $\rho(A) = 1$. Show that 1 is the only eigenvalue of $A$ with modulus 1.
One may admit without proof that if $z_1, z_2, \ldots, z_k$ are non-zero complex numbers such that $|z_1 + \cdots + z_k| = |z_1| + \cdots + |z_k|$, then $\forall j \in \llbracket 1, k \rrbracket, \exists \lambda_j \in \mathbb{R}^+$ such that $z_j = \lambda_j z_1$.
Throughout part II, $A \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R})$ is a strictly positive matrix satisfying $\rho(A) = 1$. Show that 1 is the only eigenvalue of $A$ with modulus 1.

One may admit without proof that if $z_1, z_2, \ldots, z_k$ are non-zero complex numbers such that $|z_1 + \cdots + z_k| = |z_1| + \cdots + |z_k|$, then $\forall j \in \llbracket 1, k \rrbracket, \exists \lambda_j \in \mathbb{R}^+$ such that $z_j = \lambda_j z_1$.