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Syllabus: Matrices, determinants, System of linear equations, Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, LU decomposition.

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Suppose $A$ is a finite set with $n$ elements.The number of elements and the rank of the largest equivalence relation on $A$ are$\{n,1\}$$\{n,n\}$$\{n^2,1\}$$\{1,n^2\}$