Seems like GE on a 2x2 matrix should be pretty darn fast.... especially if you use scalar * vector type operations.
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Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that eigenvalues are the magnitudes of eigenvectors. In fact, eigenvalues are scalars that are multiplied with eigenvectors. This ...