A direct proof of the existence of eigenvalues and eigenvectors by Weierstrass's theorem

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.120.08.741MaRDI QIDQ5404032zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jean Van Schaftingen

Publication date 20 March 2014

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.6821

zbMATH Keywords

eigenvalueeigenvectorlinear operatorWeierstrass theorempolynomial-free proof

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Spectrum, resolvent (47A10)

Abstract: I propose a proof of the existence of the existence of eigenvectors and eigenvalues in the spirit of Argand's proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra. The proof only relies on Weierstrass's theorem, the definition of the inverse of a linear operator and algebraic identities.

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