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For questions involving the trace of a square matrix, i.e. the sum of the elements on the main diagonal.

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Closed paths, traces and spectra

I would put this as a comment but don't have enough (any) reputation... Closed paths of length $\leq k$ show up when you take the trace of the alternating $k$th power of $A$, which is also equal to $\ …
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