Solution EE.C21 Robert Beezer
If $\lambda=2$ is an eigenvalue of $A$, the matrix $A-2I_4$ will be singular, and its null space will be the eigenspace of $A$. So we form this matrix and row-reduce, \begin{equation*} A-2I_4= \begin{bmatrix} 16 & -15 & 33 & -15\\ -4 & 6 & -6 & 6\\ -9 & 9 & -18 & 9\\ 5 & -6 & 9 & -6 \end{bmatrix} \rref \begin{bmatrix} \leading{1} & 0 & 3 & 0\\ 0 & \leading{1} & 1 & 1\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix} \end{equation*} With two free variables, we know a basis of the null space (Theorem BNS) will contain two vectors. Thus the null space of $A-2I_4$ has dimension two, and so the eigenspace of $\lambda=2$ has dimension two also (Theorem EMNS), $\geomult{A}{2}=2$.