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Propositions from Diagonalisation

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Real symmetric matrices

If AA is a real symmetric matrix, then its eigenvalues are real, its eigenvectors can be chosen as an orthonormal basis of Rn\mathbb R^n and

QTAQ=DQ^{\mathsf T}AQ=D

for an orthogonal matrix QQ and a diagonal matrix DD.

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