Solution to Characteristic Equation

Given

Substituting the matrix into the characteristic equation:

The eigenvalues of B are -1 and 8.

Check this answer with Octave:

octave:1> B = [3 2 4; 2 0 2; 4 2 3]
octave:2> eig(B)



John M. Stockie
Fri Sep 8 14:03:35 PDT 1995