What is the eigenvalue matrix for $A+2I$?

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Suppose $A=XDX^{-1}$.

What is the eigenvalue matrix for $A+2I$?

What is the eigenvector matrix?

What is the diagonalisation form of $A+2I=()()()^{-1}$?

Answer:

Here $D$ diagonal matrix of eigenvalues.

If $\lambda_1$ and $\lambda_2$ are the eigenvalues of $A$, then $\lambda_1+2$ and $\lambda_2+2$ are eigenvalues of $A+2I$.

Thus,

$A+2I=X(D+2I)X^{-1}$.

Am I right?

But then what is the eigenvector matrix for $A+2I$?

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You have written down $$A+2I = X(D+2I)X^{-1}$$

That is $$(A+2I)X = X(D+2I)$$

Let $e_i$ be the $i$-th standard unit vector.

$$(A+2I)Xe_i = X(D+2I)e_i$$

$$(A+2I)X_i = X(\lambda_i+2)e_i=(\lambda_i + 2) X_i$$

The columns of $X_i$ are the eigenvectors.

Also, try to prove it directly rather, that is if $Ax=\lambda x$, show that $(A+2I)x=(\lambda + 2) x$.