Vectors and Tensors: Mathematical Preliminaries and Spectral Decomposition

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Explores the diagonalization of matrices through eigenvalues and eigenvectors, emphasizing the importance of bases and subspaces.

Covers the theory and examples of diagonalizing matrices, focusing on eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and linear independence.

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Explores eigenvalues and eigenvectors in matrices through examples and calculations.

Explains how the inverse of a matrix shares its eigenvalue and how the transposed version has the same set of eigenvalues.

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