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[parent] spectrum of $A-\mu I$ (Theorem)

Let $A$ be an endomorphism of the vector space $V$ over a field $k$ . Denote by $\sigma(A)$ the spectrum of $A$ . Then we have:

Theorem 1   $$ \sigma(A-\mu I)=\{\lambda-\mu\colon \lambda \in\sigma(A)\} $$

Theorem 1 is equivalent to:

Theorem 2   $\lambda$ is a spectral value of $A$ if and only if $\lambda-\mu$ is a spectral value of $A-\mu I$ .
Proof. [Proof of Theorem 2] Note that $$ A-\lambda I=(A-\mu I)-(\lambda I-\mu I) =(A-\mu I)-(\lambda-\mu)I $$ and thus $A-\lambda I$ is invertible if and only if $(A-\mu I)-(\lambda-\mu)I$ is invertible. Equivalently, $\lambda$ is a spectral value of $A$ iff $\lambda-\mu$ is a spectral value of $(A-\mu I)$ , as desired. $ \qedsymbol$




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Cross-references: iff, invertible, spectral value, equivalent, theorem, spectrum, field, vector space, endomorphism

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AMS MSC15A18 (Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory :: Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors)

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