A second-order symmetric tensor field is given by:

Using MATLAB (or similar software), investigate the nature of the variation of the principal values and directions over the interval 1 ≤ x₁ ≤ 2. Formally plot the variation of the absolute value of each principal value over the range 1 ≤ x₁ ≤2.

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aij 2x1 X1 X1 -6x 0 0 0 0 5x1