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Story 22a: Symmetry, the Spectral Theorem, and More Happiness
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Story 22c: A charming property of the Trace
Note Set 22b: Why the Spectral Theorem works
We explain why real, symmetric matrices have real eigenvalues and a full set of eigenvectors that form an orthogonal basis of magnificence.
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Story 22a: Symmetry, the Spectral Theorem, and More Happiness
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Story 22c: A charming property of the Trace