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What is Eigenvalue?

An eigenvalue is a scalar that indicates how much an eigenvector is stretched or compressed when a linear transformation is applied. Eigenvalues reveal fundamental properties of matrices and are essential for PCA, stability analysis, and many ML algorithms.

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