The proof of ... proceeds as follows:
...
|
x=3 x=5
- x=3 x=5
- x=3 x=5
About eigenvalue perturbation
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we left multiply with
and use (2) as well as its first order variation
get

or

We notice that it is the first order perturbation of the generalized Rayleigh quotient :
Eigenvector perturbation
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We left multiply (3) with
for
and get

We use
for
.

or

As the eigenvalues are simple, for

Moreover the firs order variation of ... yields
We have obtained all the components of
.
Perturbation of an implicit function.
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In the next paragraph, we shall use the Implicit function theorem (Statement of the theorem ); we notice that for a continuously differentiable function
, with an invertible Jacobian
, from a point
solution of
, we get solutions of
with
close to
in the form
where
is a continuously differentiable function ; moreover the Jacobian of
is provided by the linear system
.
As soon as the hypothesis of the theorem is satisfied, the Jacobian of
may be computed with a first order expansion of
, we get
; as
, it is equivalent to equation
.
Eigenvalue perturbation: theoretical basis
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we use the previous paragraph (Perturbation of an implicit function) with somewhat different notations suited to eigenvalue perturbation; we introduce
, with
with
. In order to use the Implicit function theorem, we study the invertibility of the Jacobian
with
. Indeed, the solution of

is
When
is a simple eigenvalue, as the eigenvectors
form an orthonormal basis, for any right-hand side, we have obtained one solution therefore, the Jacobian is invertible.
The implicit function theorem provides a continuously differentiable function
hence the expansion with little o notation:
.
with

Eigenvalue sensitivity, a small example
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A simple case is
; however you can compute eigenvalues and eigenvectors with the help of online tools such as [1] (see introduction in Wikipedia WIMS) or using Sage SageMath. You get the smallest eigenvalue
and an explicit computation
; more over, an associated eigenvector is
; it is not an unitary vector; so
; we get
and
; hence
; for this example , we have checked that
or
.
[1]
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Suppose
is the 2x2 identity matrix, any vector is an eigenvector; then
is one possible eigenvector. But if one makes a small perturbation, such as
Then the eigenvectors are
and
; they are constant with respect to
so that
is constant and does not go to zero.