[petsc-users] slepc and overall phase of computed eigenvectors

[Andrew Spott]

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.


Why is that?  And is there a way to prevent this overall phase factor?


-Andrew
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