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Every orthogonal matrix is diagonalizable. O True O False

User Zack Knopp
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Answer:

FALSE

Explanation:

the correct answer is FALSE

A matrix is said to be orthogonal when it is multiplied by its own transpose then the matrix comes out to be Identity.


A^T.A = I

the basic condition for a matrix to be diagonalizable is that the matrix should be symmetric.

but an orthogonal matrix is not necessarily symmetric so, the statement is false.

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