Spectrum of a symmetric matrix
Which spectral property always holds for a real symmetric matrix (the structure behind PCA and covariance analysis)?
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- This is the spectral theorem.
- Think about what makes PCA work.
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Real eigenvalues and an orthonormal eigenbasis ()
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