Skip to main content
Search type Search syntax
Tags [tag]
Exact "words here"
Author user:1234
user:me (yours)
Score score:3 (3+)
score:0 (none)
Answers answers:3 (3+)
answers:0 (none)
isaccepted:yes
hasaccepted:no
inquestion:1234
Views views:250
Code code:"if (foo != bar)"
Sections title:apples
body:"apples oranges"
URL url:"*.example.com"
Saves in:saves
Status closed:yes
duplicate:no
migrated:no
wiki:no
Types is:question
is:answer
Exclude -[tag]
-apples
For more details on advanced search visit our help page
Results tagged with
Search options not deleted user 4935

An eigenvector of an operator is a vector such that the action of the operator is the same as multiplication by a constant, called the eigenvalue. The eigensystem of an operator is the set of all such eigenvectors and their associated eigenvalues.

4 votes

how can I numerically calculate all eigenvectors of a $n \times n$ complex tridiagonal matrix?

MATLAB's eig() function normalizes the eigenvectors to have unit norm; it doesn't normalize the eigenvalues. You can check the norm of the vectors to verify their correctness. Remember, if $\bf x$ i …
Brian Skjerven's user avatar