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Singular Values & the SVD · Hard problem

Find the condition number κ=σ1/σ2\kappa = \sigma_1/\sigma_2 of A=(1401)A = \begin{pmatrix}1 & 4\\0 & 1\end{pmatrix}. Give an exact answer.