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Diagonalization & Matrix Powers · Hard problem

Let x(t)\mathbf{x}(t) solve x′=Ax\mathbf{x}' = A\mathbf{x} with A=(1221)A = \begin{pmatrix}1 & 2\\2 & 1\end{pmatrix} and x(0)=(3−1)\mathbf{x}(0) = \begin{pmatrix}3\\-1\end{pmatrix}. The second component x2(t)x_2(t) starts negative and becomes 00 at exactly one time t>0t > 0. Find that time.