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PutnamSuperchallengeIntegrals I: Feynman's Trick

Integrals I: Feynman's Trick · Superchallenge problem

Let AA be a real symmetric 3×33\times3 matrix with eigenvalues 1,2,31, 2, 3. Find the maximum of xTAx\mathbf x^{\mathsf T}A\mathbf x over all unit vectors x∈R3\mathbf x \in \mathbb R^3.