# Every matrix has an eigenvalue over the complex numbers.

Put content here**Theorem:** Every square matrix over $\mathbb{C}$ has at least one eigenvalue. This follows from the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra: the characteristic polynomial $\det(A - \lambda I)$ has degree $n$ and therefore has at least one root in $\mathbb{C}$.

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* Eigenvalues and eigenvectors