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I haven' been able to find good explanations of either of these:
Part 1:
Jordan Normal Form: Is this it?
An n*n matrix A is not diagonizable (ie. A=PDP^-1) because it has linearly dependent eigenvectors (no. of eigenvectors is less than n). However, it can be expressed in a similar form A=PJP^-1 , where J is the Jordan Normal Form ie. matrix of eigenvalues on main diagonal and 1's on super diagonal next to duplicate eigenvalues.
If that is correct, what use is this form of A?
Part 2:
How does one compute the derivative of a Wronskian, and what use is this? (I know it must be differentiable since it is a function of differentiable functions)
Part 1:
Jordan Normal Form: Is this it?
An n*n matrix A is not diagonizable (ie. A=PDP^-1) because it has linearly dependent eigenvectors (no. of eigenvectors is less than n). However, it can be expressed in a similar form A=PJP^-1 , where J is the Jordan Normal Form ie. matrix of eigenvalues on main diagonal and 1's on super diagonal next to duplicate eigenvalues.
If that is correct, what use is this form of A?
Part 2:
How does one compute the derivative of a Wronskian, and what use is this? (I know it must be differentiable since it is a function of differentiable functions)