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Friday, November 29, 2019

AB and BA have same set of eigenvalues.

If 0 is an eigenvalue of AB then clearly, det(AB)=0, which as a result (without loss of generality) gives det(A)=0. Hence det(BA)=0, as a result 0 is an eigenvalue of BA.

Let λ0 be an eigenvalue of AB with x0 and ABx=λx. Let Bx=y. If y=0 then λx=ABx=Ay=0. Hence λ=0 or x=0, a contradiction. So we have  y0.

BAy=BABx=Bλx=λBx=λBAy.

That proves λ is an eigenvalue of BA with y=Bx a corresponding eigenvector.

One can prove the same fact in another way as follows, if (without loss of generality) A is invertible.

Note that, AB=ABAA1, which proves AB and BA are similar matrices and any two similar matrices have the same eigenvalues. 

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