Question: In this problem you will establish the correspondence between Equations 6.30 and 6.31. (a) Diagonalize the matrix to obtain the matrix M' = SMS -1

In this problem you will establish the correspondence between Equations 6.30 and 6.31.
(a) Diagonalize the matrix

1 - Coin 9/N M = -9/N 1

to obtain the matrix M' = SMS-1 where S-1 is the unitary matrix whose columns are the (normalized) eigenvectors of M.
(b) Use the binomial expansion to show that limN→∞ (M')N is a diagonal matrix with entries e- and e on the diagonal.
(c) Transform back to the original basis to show that

agrees with the matrix in Equation 6.31.

1 - Coin 9/N M = -9/N 1

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