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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=linear_algebra">linear algebra</a>, the <b>characteristic polynomial</b> of a <a href="page.php?w=square_matrix">square matrix</a> is a <a href="page.php?w=polynomial">polynomial</a> which is <a href="page.php?w=Invariant_%28mathematics%29">invariant</a> under <a href="page.php?w=matrix_similarity">matrix similarity</a> and has the <a href="page.php?w=eigenvalues">eigenvalues</a> as <a href="page.php?w=Root_of_a_polynomial">roots</a>. It has the <a href="page.php?w=determinant">determinant</a> and the <a href="page.php?w=Trace_%28linear_algebra%29">trace</a></p><p>
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