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Symmetric Matrices & Quadratic Forms · Medium problem

The Rayleigh quotient of a symmetric matrix AA at a nonzero vector v\mathbf v is R(v)=vTAvvTvR(\mathbf v) = \dfrac{\mathbf v^{T}A\mathbf v}{\mathbf v^{T}\mathbf v}. For A=(4221)A = \begin{pmatrix}4 & 2\\2 & 1\end{pmatrix} and v=(11)\mathbf v = \begin{pmatrix}1\\1\end{pmatrix}, compute R(v)R(\mathbf v).