17. The rank of an \( n \times n \) matrix \( \mathbf{A} \) is equal to the number of nonzero singular values of \( \mathbf{A} \), where singular values are counted according to multiplicity.
17. The rank of an \( n \times n \) matrix \( \mathbf{A} \) is equal to the number of nonzero singular values of \( \mathbf{A} \), where singular values are counted according to multiplicity.