 Adjacency-matrix quadratic relation for a complete graph (source code)

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= Adjacency-matrix quadratic relation for a complete graph

For the adjacency matrix $A$ of $K_n$,
$$
A=J-I,
\qquad
A^2=(n-2)A+(n-1)I.
$$
Hence $I,A,A^2$ are linearly dependent for every $n\geq2$.

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