Lecture

Symmetric Matrices and Quadratic Forms

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This lecture covers the concept of symmetric matrices and quadratic forms, exploring how to represent them using matrices and vectors. It also delves into the diagonalization of symmetric matrices, the principal axes theorem, and the definiteness of quadratic forms. Examples and calculations are provided to illustrate these concepts.

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Algebra: Linear algebra

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