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<span id="mailbox-conversation"><div>When I compute the eigenvectors of a real symmetric matrix, I’m getting eigenvectors that are rotated by approximately pi/4 in the complex plane. So what could be purely real eigenvectors have some overall phase factor.</div>
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<div>Why is that? And is there a way to prevent this overall phase factor?</div>
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<div>-Andrew</div></span><div class="mailbox_signature"><br></div>
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