[Help-gsl] eigenvectors of non symmetric matrix?

[David Doria]

I am taking an outer product:

a b^T
where a and b are column vectors.  Then I want the eigen values and vectors
of the resulting matrix (called mat3).

I tried to use:
    gsl_eigen_symmv_workspace * EigenWorkspace = gsl_eigen_symmv_alloc (2);
    gsl_eigen_symmv (mat3, EigenValues, EigenVectors, EigenWorkspace);

but it gave the wrong results.  I guess this is because it was expecting a
symmetric matrix? Is the only other choice to use:
    gsl_eigen_hermv_workspace * EigenWorkspace = gsl_eigen_hermv_alloc (2);
    gsl_eigen_hermv (mat3, EigenValues, EigenVectors, EigenWorkspace);

but for that, I'd have to first make mat3 a complex matrix (or so says the
error haha)?

Please let me know.

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Thanks,

David