clear all N=20; % number of subdivisions for n=1:N a(n)=1+n/N; A=[0 0 0 0 127 4 80; 0.6747*a(n) 0.737 0 0 0 0 0; 0 0.0486 0.6610 0 0 0 0; 0 0 0.0147 0.6907 0 0 0; 0 0 0 0.0518 0 0 0; 0 0 0 0 0.8091 0 0; 0 0 0 0 0 0.8091 0.8089] lambda(n)=eigs(A,1); end plot(a,lambda,a,ones(size(a)),'-') xlabel('a') ylabel('lambda')