Lesson Plan: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives and prerequisites of the lesson teaching students how to find the eigenvalues of a matrix and the corresponding eigenvectors of a matrix.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- calculate the characteristic polynomial of a matrix,
- calculate the eigenvalues of a matrix,
- calculate the eigenvectors of a matrix.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- matrices,
- vectors.