Numerical range of a linear transformation
Suppose
- Show that
for every . - Show that
for every . - Show that the eigenvalues of
are contained in . - Let
be an orthonormal basis for . Show that the diagonal entries of are contained in .
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Suppose $T$ is a linear transformation on a finite-dimensional complex inner-product space $V$. Let $I$ denote the identity transformation on $V$. The {\bfseries numerical range} of $T$ is the subset of ${\bf C}$ defined by
\[
\operatorname{W}(T)=\{\langle T(x),x\rangle \,|\, x\in V,\quad \|x\|=1\}.
\]
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\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
\item Show that $\operatorname{W}(T+cI)=\operatorname{W}(T)+c$ for every $c\in {\bf C}$.
\item Show that $\operatorname{W}(cT)=c\operatorname{W}(T)$ for every $c\in {\bf C}$.
\item Show that the eigenvalues of $T$ are contained in $\operatorname{W}(T)$.
\item Let $\mathcal{B}$ be an orthonormal basis for $V$. Show that the diagonal entries of $[T]_{\mathcal{B}}$ are contained in $\operatorname{W}(T)$.
\end{enumerate}