A characteristic polynomial (Q1186974)
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A characteristic polynomial (English)
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28 June 1992
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The author calculates the eigenvalues of an \(n\)th order matrix with diagonal entries \(a\) and off-diagonal entries \(b\) to get the well-known result \(\lambda_{1,2, \dots, n - 1} = a - b\), \(\lambda_ n = a + (n - 1)b\).
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characteristic polynomial
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eigenvalues
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