Here's what I would have submitted: Question 1: L^n * v0 = 1/(2sqrt5)L^n(v2 -v1) = 1/(2sqrt5)(L^n v2 - L^n v1) =1/(2sqrt5)(L^(n-1) L v2 - L^(n-1) L v1) =1/(2sqrt5)(L^(n-1) t2 v2 - L^(n-1) t1 v1) =1/(2sqrt5)(L^(n-2) t2^2 v2 - L^(n-2) t1^2 v1) =... =1/(2sqrt5)(t2^n v2 - t1^n v1). Question 2: This is [0 1 0 0 0] [0 0 2 0 0] [0 0 0 3 0] [0 0 0 0 4]. Question 3: We know that one eigenvalue of O is 2+i, with corresponding eigenvector the first column of P. Applying Theorem 9, we get B=[-1 1] and C=[ 2 1] [ 1 0] [-1 2]