On 12/5/2012 5:03 AM, Jaime Villate wrote:
> On 12/04/2012 11:41 PM, Evan Cooch wrote:
>>
>> 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]
>
Indeed -- I stumbled across this just about the time you posted your
message.
Thanks!