0 votes 0 votes is there any other approach other than finding an inverse of P and multiplying with D Mathematical Logic engineering-mathematics + – Prateek kumar asked Jan 31, 2018 Prateek kumar 167 views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply Salazar commented Feb 6, 2018 i edited by Salazar Feb 6, 2018 reply Follow Share Rule -> if A=PDP' Then A is diagonal Matrix similar to D, where D is created with eigen values of A Here given A=P'DP Left multiply with P, we get => PA=DP Right Multiply with P' on both sides D=PAP' From the rule we can say D is Diagonal and is similar to A, from given options (i) and (ii) are the only diagonal matrices 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.