Jordan Canonical Form


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Copyright 1994
Gary S. Stoudt
Mathematics Department
Indiana University of PA
Indiana, PA 15705
GSSTOUDT@grove.iup.edu

Introduction

Diagonalizing a Matrix

Jordan Blocks

Basics of the Jordan Canonical Form

Finding the Jordan Canonical Form of a Matrix

Jordan Form and Minimal Polynomials

Recap

Jordan Form and Mathematica

Exercises

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