No general, non-iterated algorithm exists even for the numerical eigenvalues of the 2x2 matrix
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(1-k)^2-2 = k^2-2k-1 => k = 1 ± 1/2*√8 = 1 ± √2
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Of course, but how do you find the *numerical* value of square root of 2?
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It's just √2
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getting into nitpicks of phrasing re: decimal representation and IEEE-754 isn't really a deep or meaningful discussion
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Unless one's doing computational data science symbolically (which is appropriate for some probs), one's using a decimal (binary/hex
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I'm talking about Galois theory and numerical analysis in the era before digital computing, what do you think the context is?
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