Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Reading for Tuesday lecture and Tuesday MATLAB exercise

MATLAB exercise: Remind yourself how to use the eig function to find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix. What is the eigenvector that corresponds to the largest eigenvalue of A = [1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 8]? Without looking up the answer, explain what it means for a vector to be an eigenvalue of A.

Reading:
Seader/Seider/Lewin Ch. 17: Section 17.4 (all). We will focus on the following sections:
Compound Interest
Annuities (discrete compounding)
Present Worth of Annuity
Alternative Equipment Purchases

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