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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How do I find the eigenspace of the identity matrix. I know the eigenvalue is 1, but what now?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Eigenspace is the set of all eigenvectors of the identity matrix, right? But it only has one eigenvalue, so you're looking for all the vectors such that \[\huge I\vec{v}=1\cdot\vec{v}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

But isn't any vector multiplied by I the vector? So couldn't any vector work?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yeah, my point exactly :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So how is that represented as an eigenspace? Do I have a basis or?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'd think the standard basis, with dimension equal to the dimension of the identity matrix you used...

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