Special software is required to use some of the files in this section: .jar, .swf.
The flash animations were developed by Jean-Michel Claus (with voiceover by Gilbert Strang). We are grateful! Funding was provided by a grant from the The d'Arbeloff Fund for Excellence in MIT Education as part of The d'Arbeloff Interactive Mathematics Project (d'A I M P).
The demonstrations below employ Java® applets with voice-over narration to show some Eigenvalue concepts.
Demo #1 - This 3-minute demo shows eigenvectors of 2 by 2 matrices
The demo is also broken into 7 independent pieces:
Demo #2 - Powers AnV lead toward the top eigenvalue/eigenvector
The mini-lectures with voice-over narration below help to explain some key Eigenvalue concepts.
Full Lecture (all eight together)
Or view individually (about 2 minutes each)