Talk:Diagonalization

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Common usage of diagonalization (at least in school) is simply to solve a linear equation.

Not true. Diagonalization is all about eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and involves solution of polynomial equations.

Solution of linear equations is all about row reduction, and involves arithmetic operations only