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Chapter 5: Q7.6-23E (page 267)


For the matrix A,find real closed formulas for the trajectory x→(t+1)=Ax¯(t)wherex→=[01]. Draw a rough sketchA=[-0.51.5-0.61.3]

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A trajectory or flight path is the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time.

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01

Define Trajectory

A trajectory or flight path is the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time.

02

Finding the Value

03

Solving the equation

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Question: Diagonalize the matrices in Exercises \({\bf{7--20}}\), if possible. The eigenvalues for Exercises \({\bf{11--16}}\) are as follows:\(\left( {{\bf{11}}} \right)\lambda {\bf{ = 1,2,3}}\); \(\left( {{\bf{12}}} \right)\lambda {\bf{ = 2,8}}\); \(\left( {{\bf{13}}} \right)\lambda {\bf{ = 5,1}}\); \(\left( {{\bf{14}}} \right)\lambda {\bf{ = 5,4}}\); \(\left( {{\bf{15}}} \right)\lambda {\bf{ = 3,1}}\); \(\left( {{\bf{16}}} \right)\lambda {\bf{ = 2,1}}\). For exercise \({\bf{18}}\), one eigenvalue is \(\lambda {\bf{ = 5}}\) and one eigenvector is \(\left( {{\bf{ - 2,}}\;{\bf{1,}}\;{\bf{2}}} \right)\).

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Consider the growth of a lilac bush. The state of this lilac bush for several years (at year’s end) is shown in the accompanying sketch. Let n(t) be the number of new branches (grown in the year t) and a(t) the number of old branches. In the sketch, the new branches are represented by shorter lines. Each old branch will grow two new branches in the following year. We assume that no branches ever die.

(a) Find the matrix A such that [nt+1at+1]=A[ntat]

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