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Singular Values & the SVD · Challenge problem

Let DD be the 5×65\times 6 difference matrix with (Dx)i=xi−xi+1(Dx)_i = x_i - x_{i+1} for i=1,…,5i = 1, \ldots, 5. Find ∥D+∥F2\|D^{+}\|_F^2, the sum of the squares of the entries of its pseudoinverse.