which shows that
Ib+U(Σ−σi∗In)−1U(4.2)
is a singular matrix. The singularity of (4.2) implies
Qi(Ib+U(Σ−σi∗In)−1U)Pi=(Ri10Ri20),(4.3)
i. e., a QR factorization with column pivoting (Golub and Van Loan [17]) with $1 \le m \le b$, an orthonormal matrix $Q_i \in \mathbb{R}^{b \times b}$, a permutation matrix $P_i \in \mathbb{R}^{b \times b}$ (i. e., $Q_i Q_i = P_i P_i = I_b$), a nonsingular upper triangular matrix $R_{i1} \in \mathbb{R}^{(b \ m_1) \times (b \ m_1)}$, and a matrix $R_{i2} \in \mathbb{R}^{(b \ m_2) \times (b \ m_2)}$. The matrix
Xi:=Pi(−Ri1⊤Ri2Im)∈Rb×m(4.4)
has rank m and (because of (4.3)) its columns span the null space of (4.2), i. e.,
(Ib+U(Σ−σi∗In)−1U)Xi=0.(4.5)
Computation of the Eigenvectors. Compute the QR factorization of the
$n \times m$ matrix
(Σ−σi∗In)−1UXi=ZiSi(4.6)
with $Z_i \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times m}$ and nonsingular upper triangular $S_i \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times m}$. The column vectors of $Z_i$ form a set of $l$ orthonormal eigenvectors of $S$. From
(Σ+UU−σi∗In)Zi=UU(Σ−σi∗In)−1UXiSi−1+UXiSi−1=U(U(Σ−σi∗In)−1U+Ib)XiSi−1=0according to (4.5)
it follows that $(\Sigma + UU) Z_i = \sigma_i^* Z_i$, i. e., the columns of $Z_i$ are eigenvectors of $S$ corresponding to $\sigma_i^*$. They are orthonormal by construction.
It remains to be shown that all $l$ eigenvectors corresponding to the eigenvalue $\sigma_i^*$ have been found, that is, $m = l$. First, since the geometric multiplicity of an eigenvalue is less or equal its algebraic multiplicity (Horn and Johnson [19]), $m \le l$. Equality can be shown indirectly. Assume that $m < l$. Then there must be another eigenvector $z_i$ of $S$ with $|z_i|_2 = 1$, $z_i^T Z_i z_i = 0$, and, according to (4.1),
(Σ+UU−σi∗In)zi=0(4.7)
(Ib+U(Σ−σi∗In)−1U)Uzi=0.
This implies that $U z_i$ lies in the null space of
Ib+U(Σ−σi∗In)−1U,
and since $X_i$ is a basis of this null space (according to (4.5)), there exists a vector
$y \in \mathbb{R}^m$ such that $U z_i = X_i y$. Thus
(Σ−σi∗In)−1UUzi=(Σ−σi∗In)−1UXiy=(4.6)=ZiSiy.