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Eigenvalue pattern

We consider a matrix $$M_{\mu} = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & \mu & 1 & 0 \\ -\mu & 1 & 0 & 1 \\ -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 &-1 & 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix}$$ One easily ...
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Eigenvalues come in pairs

Consider the two matrices with some parameter $s \in \mathbb R$ $$A_1= \begin{pmatrix} s& -1 &0& 0 \\1&0 &0&0 \\ 0&0&1&0 \\0&0&0&1 \end{pmatrix}$$ and $$...
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Imaginary eigenvalues

Consider the matrix $$A(\mu) = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1& 0 & 0 \\ -1 & -i\mu & 0 & i \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 &i & -1 & i\mu \end{pmatrix}.$$ This matrix is ...
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Similarity of two matrices

Consider the matrix, for some $\lambda \in \mathbb R$ . $$A=\begin{pmatrix} i \lambda & -1 & i & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 0& 0 \\ i & 0 & - i \lambda & -1 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 ...
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Diagonalizing a symmetric block matrix

Let us consider the matrix $$ A = \begin{pmatrix} a & c+ib \\ c-ib& a \end{pmatrix},$$ then this matrix has eigenvalues $a\pm \sqrt{c^2+b^2}.$ Now, let us consider a block matrix $$ A = \begin{...
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Perturbing a normal matrix

Let $N$ be a normal matrix. Now I consider a perturbation of the matrix by another matrix $A.$ The perturbed matrix shall be called $M=N+A.$ Now assume there is a normalized vector $u$ such that $\...
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