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Linear AlgebraSuperchallengeDiagonalization & Matrix Powers

Diagonalization & Matrix Powers · Superchallenge problem

Let CC be the 5×55\times 5 matrix with 11 in positions (1,2),(2,3),(3,4),(4,5),(5,1)(1,2), (2,3), (3,4), (4,5), (5,1) and 00 elsewhere (the cyclic shift). Find det⁡(3I+C+CT)\det\left(3I + C + C^{T}\right).