SYMMETRIC MATRICES AND QUADRATIC FORMS
 

Orthogonally Diagonalizable
Symmetric Matrices and Eigenvalues
How to Orthogonally Diagonalize
Quadratic Forms
Definiteness
Principal Axes
Ellipses and Hyperbolas
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Chapter 8 applies the ideas and methods of Chapter 7 to geometry.