[R] find the eigenvector corresponding to the largest eigenvalue

[David Winsemius]

On Apr 27, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Rebecca wrote:

> Hi,
> If I use the eigen() function to find the eigenvalues of a matrix,  
> how can I find the eigenvector corresponding to the largest eigen  
> value?

After reading the help page, I would have assumed that since the  
eigenvalues are sorted, that the eigenvectors would be sorted in the  
same order. Do you have reasons to doubt that they are not?

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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT