Eigenvectors seem wrong



>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Blomberg <bblomberg at mail.bradley.edu> writes:

    Ben> I recently posted about trouble finding eigenvalues with a
    Ben> large Matrix. IT was suggested I try loading lapack and using
    Ben> dgeev. This worked like a?charm. However if I try and find
    Ben> the eigenvectors with something like this

    Ben> ?[eigenvals, R_eigenvec,
    Ben> L_eigenvec]:dgeev(aa1, True, True);


    Ben> I get eigenvectors that differ from?similar?programs. The
    Ben> first two seem correct but after that the values are much
    Ben> different from that in say mathmatica.

    Ben> Does anyone have any thought?

A small example would be helpful.  But remember that eigenvectors are
not unique.  If x is an eigenvector, so is a*x.  Perhaps Mathematica
uses a different normalization of the eigenvectors?

Ray