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Title: When to pick which component of the generalized eigenvector to be zero
Post by: Vivian Ngo on March 19, 2018, 11:03:28 AM

In 7.8, the solutions often mention picking n1 = 0 or n2 = 0 or n3 = 0 for the generalized eigenvector. How do we decide which one to make zero? It seems that picking different ones yield different answers.

Title: Re: When to pick which component of the generalized eigenvector to be zero
Post by: Victor Ivrii on March 19, 2018, 03:41:59 PM

It happens when we have several eigenvectors with the same eigenvalue; then we get different fundamental systems, but we get different descriptions of the same solutions

Title: Re: When to pick which component of the generalized eigenvector to be zero
Post by: Victor Ivrii on April 04, 2018, 06:06:46 AM

Borui, stop flood of messages caring no useful information

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