Active spectrum of the power method

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Active spectrum of the power method by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The active spectrum consists of eigenvalues whose eigenspaces have nonzero projection of the starting vector. The power method converges toward the eigenvalue of largest modulus in this active spectrum; an exactly absent dominant component is never created in exact arithmetic.

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