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domain $\reals^3$ The matrix \(A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 2 \\ 0 & 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}\) has $3$ columns, so the domain of $x \mapsto A x$ is $\reals^3$.
codomain $\reals^2$ The matrix \(A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 2 \\ 0 & 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}\) has $2$ rows, so the codomain of $x \mapsto A x$ is $\reals^2$.
column space $\reals^2$ The column space of \(A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 2 \\ 0 & 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}\) is all of $\reals^2$, because the first two columns are the standard basis vectors $(1, 0)$ and $(0, 1)$.
kernel \[\ker A = \operatorname{span} \begin{bmatrix} 2 \\ 3 \\ -1 \end{bmatrix}\] The kernel of \(A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 2 \\ 0 & 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}\) is a line in $\reals^3$, because $A x = 0$ means $x_1 = -2 x_3$ and $x_2 = -3 x_3$, so every solution is a multiple of $(2, 3, -1)$.
eigenvalue None The matrix \(A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 2 \\ 0 & 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}\) has no eigenvalues, because only square matrices have eigenvalues.
singular value $\sqrt{14}$ and $1$ The singular values of \(A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 2 \\ 0 & 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}\) are $\sqrt{14}$ and $1$, the square roots of the eigenvalues of \(A A^{\top} = \begin{bmatrix} 5 & 6 \\ 6 & 10 \end{bmatrix}\). That matrix has trace $15$ and determinant $50 - 36 = 14$, so its eigenvalues are the roots of $\lambda^2 - 15 \lambda + 14 = (\lambda - 14)(\lambda - 1)$. The $3 \times 3$ matrix $A^{\top} A$ has the same nonzero eigenvalues, plus $0$.
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