Complex Eigenvalues - Complex Eigenvectors
  • complex eigenvalues - are eigenvalues with a complex term
  • complex eigenvectors - are eigenvectors with a complex term

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Let 𝐴 be a matrix with REAL entries. If

  • 𝜆 is a complex eigenvalue with complex eigenvector 𝑣, then
  • 𝜆̅ is a complex eigenvalue with complex eigenvector 𝑣̅

In other words, both eigenvalues and eigenvectors come in conjugate pairs.