Exercise EE.C12 Chris Black

Find the characteristic polynomial of the matrix $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 1 & 0\\ 1 & 0 & 1 & 0\\ 2 & 1 & 1 & 0\\ 3 & 1 & 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$.

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