Recurrence Relationshard
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Consider the system (anan1)=M(an1an2)\begin{pmatrix} a_n \\ a_{n-1} \end{pmatrix} = M \begin{pmatrix} a_{n-1} \\ a_{n-2} \end{pmatrix}. If the eigenvalues of MM are λ1=3\lambda_1 = 3 and λ2=2\lambda_2 = -2, what is the trace of MM?