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The elements of eigenvalue and eigenvector theory

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Suppose that

$$T:V \to V$$

is a linear transformation of the vector space V to itself. Such linear transformations have a special name (because their domain and range space are the same), they are called endomorphisms of V.

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Smith, L. (1978). The elements of eigenvalue and eigenvector theory. In: Linear Algebra. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9995-1_15

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