On 12/04/2012 11:41 PM, Evan Cooch wrote:
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> OK, but how do I get Maxima to give me
>
> V(1)=(0.928477,0.371391), and v(2)=(-0.707107,0.707107).
>
You have to "normalized" them:
(%o2) matrix([0.8,0.5],[0.2,0.5])
(%i3) [vals,vecs] : float(eigenvectors(a))$
(%i4) vecs[1][1]/sqrt(vecs[1][1].vecs[1][1]);
(%o4) [.7071067811865475,-.7071067811865475]
(%i5) vecs[2][1]/sqrt(vecs[2][1].vecs[2][1]);
(%o5) [.9284766908852592,.3713906763541037]
Jaime