Solution EE.C22 Robert Beezer
The characteristic polynomial (Definition CP) is \begin{align*} \charpoly{B}{x} &=\detname{B-xI_2}\\ &= \begin{vmatrix} 2-x & -1\\ 1 & 1-x \end{vmatrix}\\ &=(2-x)(1-x)-(1)(-1)&&\knowl{./knowls/theorem.DMST.knowl}{\text{Theorem DMST}}\\ &=x^2-3x+3\\ &=\left(x-\frac{3+\sqrt{3}i}{2}\right)\left(x-\frac{3-\sqrt{3}i}{2}\right) \end{align*} where the factorization can be obtained by finding the roots of $\charpoly{B}{x}=0$ with the quadratic equation. By Theorem EMRCP the eigenvalues of $B$ are the complex numbers $\lambda_1=\frac{3+\sqrt{3}i}{2}$ and $\lambda_2=\frac{3-\sqrt{3}i}{2}$.