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Which matrix quantity is recovered by multiplying all the eigenvalues together?

  • A.the rank
  • B.the sum of the diagonal entries
  • C.the determinant
  • D.the trace

Answer: C

Setting \( \lambda = 0 \) in the characteristic polynomial gives the determinant up to sign, which yields the relation:

\[ \lambda_1 \lambda_2 \cdots \lambda_n = \det A \qquad \lambda_1 + \lambda_2 + \cdots + \lambda_n = \operatorname{tr} A \]

Together the two relations check a computed spectrum in a couple of lines.

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