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What is the maximum absolute value of the eigenvalues of a matrix called?

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Spectral radius

The spectral radius determines the convergence of power series of matrices. If the spectral radius of a matrix A is less than 1, then the sequence A^k converges to the zero matrix as k approaches infinity.

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