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type: "concept"
title: "Characteristic polynomial"
slug: "characteristic-polynomial"
language: "en"
translationGroupId: "cmrnl53yt001hki010lfj3ma5"
domain: "Algebra"
status: "stub"
aliases: []
lastEditedBy: "ancient-tree"
---

The characteristic polynomial can refer to two almost identical concepts :
- the [[Characteristic polynomial of an endomorphism|characteristic polynomial of an endomorphism]]
- the [[Characteristic polynomial of a matrix|characteristic polynomial of a matrix]]