The Use of the Power Method to Find Dominant Eigenvalues of Matrices
Description:
This paper is the result of a study of the power method to find dominant eigenvalues of square matrices. It introduces ideas basic to the study and shows the development of the power method for the most well-behaved matrices possible, and it explores exactly which other types of matrices yield to the power method. The paper also discusses a type of matrix typically considered impossible for the power method, along with a modification of the power method which works for this type of matrix. It g…
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Date:
July 1992
Creator:
Cavender, Terri A.