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    Matrices of stretching transformations of $\mathbb{R}^3$ and their eigenvectors

    P-TRIV-LA23

    Area
    Prelim
    Status
    draft
    Contents

    Consider the basis \(\vec { e } _ { i } , i = 1 , 2 , 3\) , in the vector space \(\mathbb { R } ^ { 3 }\) In this basis, write the matrix of the transformation that

    1. stretches all directions by a factor of λ.

    2. stretches each direction along \(\vec { e _ { i } }\) by a factor of \(\lambda _ { i } , i = 1 , 2 , 3\)

    3. stretches the direction determined by a unit vector ~n with components \(n _ { x } , n _ { y } , n _ { z }\) by a factor of λ.

    Find the eigenvectors of these transformations.

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