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Every real symmetric matrix has at least one real eigenvalueseigenvalue. Does anyone know how to prove this elementary, that is whithout without the notion of complex numbers?

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real symmetric matrix has real eigenvalues - elementary proof

Every real symmetric matrix has real eigenvalues. Does anyone know how to prove this elementary, that is whithout the notion of complex numbers?