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- From: edgar@math.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
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- Subject: Re: sum of eigenvalues of a covariance matrix = trace ?
- Date: 10 Jan 1993 12:44:44 -0500
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- In article <1993Jan9.194845.8567@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> kavuri@lips1.ecn.purdue.edu (Surya N Kavuri ) writes:
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- > Is the sum of the eigenvalues of a covariance matrix equal to
- > its trace ?
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- The sum of the eigenvalues of any square matrix is equal to its trace.
- You have to allow complex eignevalues, and you have to count multiplicity.
- This works even for matrices that are not diagonalizable.
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- Similarly, the product of the eigenvalues of a square matrix is equal
- to its determinant.
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