11. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

Determining Diagonalizability — Quiz

Test your understanding of determining diagonalizability with 5 practice questions.

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Practice Questions

Question 1

A square matrix is diagonalizable if and only if it has what property?

Question 2

Why is any $3 \times 3$ matrix with three distinct eigenvalues diagonalizable?

Question 3

Which matrix is diagonalizable for the simplest reason that it is already diagonal?

Question 4

A $2 \times 2$ matrix has only one eigenvalue and only one linearly independent eigenvector. Is it diagonalizable?

Question 5

A $3 \times 3$ matrix has eigenspace dimension $2$ for eigenvalue $5$ and eigenspace dimension $1$ for eigenvalue $1$. Is the matrix diagonalizable?