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Symmetric Matrices & Quadratic Forms · Challenge problem

Let M=(111−112)M = \begin{pmatrix}1 & 1\\1 & -1\\1 & 2\end{pmatrix}. Find the maximum of ∣Mx∣|M\mathbf x| over all unit vectors x∈R2\mathbf x \in \mathbb R^2.