Linear algebra MOC

Diagonalization

Let be a field. A square matrix is said to be diagonalizable iff

for some diagonal matrix and some invertible matrix . The diagonal entries of are then precisely the eigenvalues of .

Properties

1. If is diagonalizable then is diagonalizable for .
2. The converse holds if is algebraically closed and is invertible: If is diagonalizable for some then is diagonalizable.

Proof of 1–2

If then , proving ^P1.

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