Characteristic polynomial
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- It has been proposed that this page, :Characteristic polynomial, be titled, "Characteristic polynomial".
The characteristic polynomial of a square matrix is given by,
where is the identity matrix. The zeros of this polynomial are the eigenvalues of the matrix.
