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Case Statements

To get a case statement like:

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$$
x_\lambda = 
\begin{cases}
x & \text{if $\lambda$ is an eigenvalue;}\\
-x & \text{if $-\lambda$ is an eigenvalue;}\\
0 & \text{otherwise.}
\end{cases}
$$



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