 Spectral condition number of a positive-definite matrix (source code)

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= Spectral condition number of a positive-definite matrix
{title2=$\kappa_2(A)$}

For a real symmetric positive-definite matrix,
$$
\kappa_2(A)=\frac{\lambda_{\max}(A)}{\lambda_{\min}(A)}.
$$
It measures the sensitivity of the linear system and controls convergence bounds for iterative solvers.

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