The coefficients of the characteristic polynomial in terms of the eigenvalues and the elements of an \(n\times n\) matrix (Q2481457)
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The coefficients of the characteristic polynomial in terms of the eigenvalues and the elements of an \(n\times n\) matrix (English)
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10 April 2008
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An explicit formula for the \(k\)-th derivative of a determinant of the \(n\times n\) matrix \(M=(m_{ij}(t))\) is given. The author seems not to be familiar with Viète's formulae for the coefficients of a polynomial \(C(x)=(x-\lambda_1)\dots(x -\lambda_n)\).
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derivative of a determinant
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eigenvalue
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Jacobian
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