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What is a characteristic polynomial?

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Check these references:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CharacteristicPolynomial.html
http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/CharacteristicEquation.html
http://www.webstercc.com/encyclopedia/en/wikipedia/c/ch/characteristic_polynomia...
http://www.freetemplate.ws/ch/characteristic-polynomial.html

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Abe Mantell

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Hello, I am a college professor of mathematics and regularly teach all levels from elementary mathematics through differential equations, and would be happy to assist anyone with such questions!

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Over 15 years teaching at the college level.

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B.S. in Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
M.S. (and A.B.D.) in Applied Mathematics from SUNY @ Stony Brook

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