Talk:Diagonalizable matrix

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[edit] Moving to Diagonalizability ?

What would people think of moving this article to "diagonalizability"? 193.48.101.101 20:18 15 Jun 2003 (UTC)

That is a better name for it. The artlicle should be named after the property. Padde 22:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Why? I think "diagonalizable matrix" is clearer and more specific. The word "diagonalizability" is not used a lot. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 03:49, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Furthermore, there are many other articles with names like square matrix, invertible matrix, positive definite matrix, normal matrix, etc. Diagonalizable matrix follows this convention. Eclecticos 04:20, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

I find that the necessary conditions for a diagonizable matrix could be defined in a way that is comprehensible for people withouth a math degree, no? Anton, 02.11.2007

Everything should be as simple as possible, but no simpler. - Albert Einstein.

Furthermore, I'm an undergrad CS student and I find the conditions expressed in a way such as they are perfectly comprehensible by everyone that should/could care what "diagonalizable" means. akbg (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 23:51, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] when is P to be normed ?

Is it right, that P is never to be normed, but it's gonna be easier to calculate P^-1, since then, if P=orthogonally => P ^{− 1} = P^T ?
On my calculator (TI-89), however, he norms P always, when searching the EigenVectors ... --Saippuakauppias ⇄ 09:13, 16 January 2008 (UTC)