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Is there a simple relation between the entropy of a matrix and its characteristic polynomial?
Assume $M$ is an invertible positive matrix of rank $N$. The Von Neumann entropy $H$ of a matrix $M$ with eigenvalues $\{ \lambda_n \}$ is
$H[M] = -\sum_{n=1}^N \lambda_n \ln \lambda_n$.
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