Final answer:
The precise computations for the mean, covariance matrix, eigenvalues, and principal components cannot be performed without the correct data. However, the process involves calculating the average for each variable, determining the covariance among variables, computing eigenvalues of the covariance matrix, identifying the principal components, and projecting data points onto these components.
Step-by-step explanation:
To address the student's question regarding the computation of the sample mean μ, sample covariance matrix Σ, eigenvalues of Σ, and principal component analysis, we first note that the data matrix D appears to be incomplete or incorrectly formatted. However, we can describe the general process for computation:
- To compute the sample mean of a data matrix, we calculate the average of each variable across all samples.
- The sample covariance matrix Σ is calculated by determining the covariance between each pair of variables in the dataset.
- The eigenvalues of the covariance matrix Σ are computed to understand the variance explained by each principal component.
- The dimensionality of the subspace that contains most of the variance is determined by the number of eigenvalues that significantly contribute to the total variance.
- The first principal component is the eigenvector associated with the largest eigenvalue of Σ.
- Data points are projected onto the first principal component to determine their coordinates in the reduced subspace.
Without accurate data, an exact numerical answer cannot be provided, but the student should now understand the steps involved in performing these calculations.