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Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues

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Gaussian elimination plays a fundamental role in solving a system Ax = b of linear equations. In order to solve a system of linear equations, Gaussian elimination reduces the augmented matrix to a (reduced) row-echelon form by using elementary row operations that preserve row and null spaces.

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Kwak, J.H., Hong, S. (1997). Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues. In: Linear Algebra. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1200-1_6

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