If P is orthogonal then (P^T) = (P^-1) =>
(P^T)(P) = I = (P)(P^T) => P is Normal => P is orthogonally diagonizable => P is symetric P = (P^T)
But an orthogonal matrix is not always symetric. What am I doing wrong?
(P^T)(P) = I = (P)(P^T) => P is Normal => P is orthogonally diagonizable => P is symetric P = (P^T)
But an orthogonal matrix is not always symetric. What am I doing wrong?
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Awms example doesn't address the issue here because his matrix isn't orthogonal. Moreover, it isn't orthogonally diagonalizable, it is unitarily diagonalizable.
The problem is here "P is normal ==> P is orthogonally diagonalizable". The correct statement is
P is normal ==> P is UNITARILY diagonalizable.
If P has complex eigenvalues, then note that P unitarily diagonalizable ensures the existence of unitary matrix U such that
P = U*DU.
Then
P* = P^T = U*D*U.
But in this case, D* need not equal D!
If P does happen to be symmetric, we know that the eigenvalues must be pure real, but we are not assuming P is symmetric.
Oh, your addition is correct. A real matrix P is symmetric if and only if it is orthogonally diagonalizable.
The problem is here "P is normal ==> P is orthogonally diagonalizable". The correct statement is
P is normal ==> P is UNITARILY diagonalizable.
If P has complex eigenvalues, then note that P unitarily diagonalizable ensures the existence of unitary matrix U such that
P = U*DU.
Then
P* = P^T = U*D*U.
But in this case, D* need not equal D!
If P does happen to be symmetric, we know that the eigenvalues must be pure real, but we are not assuming P is symmetric.
Oh, your addition is correct. A real matrix P is symmetric if and only if it is orthogonally diagonalizable.
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The problem is this step:
"P is orthogonally diagonizable => P is symetric P = (P^T)"
This is not true.
For instance, the following matrix is normal, and hence orthogonally diagonalizable, but isn't symmetric:
(1 1 0)
(0 1 1)
(1 0 1)
"P is orthogonally diagonizable => P is symetric P = (P^T)"
This is not true.
For instance, the following matrix is normal, and hence orthogonally diagonalizable, but isn't symmetric:
(1 1 0)
(0 1 1)
(1 0 1)