Examples
Suppose we want to compute the characteristic polynomial of the matrix
We must compute the determinant of
- which is the characteristic polynomial of A.
Another example uses hyperbolic functions of a hyperbolic angle φ. For the matrix take
Its characteristic polynomial is
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