2B18-19 (d2)

Consider , we need to find the corresponding eigen vector  we can write the characteristic equation as,

 

Substiting  in the above equation,

 

 

Above are dependent equations with

  

or           

Similarly

Similarly

Note that  are mutually perpendicular unit vectors forming a new coordinate system. This system can be obtained from the original x, y and z system in which the original  was specified.  

 2B18-19 Principal values/direction contd.