Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The factor by which the magnitude of an eigenvector is changed by a given transformation.
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- noun linear algebra The change in
magnitude of avector that does not change in direction under a givenlinear transformation ; a scalar factor by which aneigenvector is multiplied under such a transformation.
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- noun (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I'm afraid we will never know as the eigenvalue of Monckton's complex number is imaginary, also known as 'Lord'.
Monckton jumps the land shark. Gets eaten EliRabett 2010
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Realistically, Pinker would have bludgeoned Gladwell with something else if he'd corrected the spelling of "eigenvalue" in time for the book.
David Quigg: Malcolm Gladwell and the Case For Endless Self-Googling 2009
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Had someone noticed, "igon value" could have been switched to "eigenvalue" in time to deny Pinker the mocking bludgeon of the "Igon Value Problem."
David Quigg: Malcolm Gladwell and the Case For Endless Self-Googling 2009
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It came as a result of his dissatisfaction with the quantum condition in Bohr's orbit theory and his belief that atomic spectra should really be determined by some kind of eigenvalue problem.
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An '' 'eigenvalue' '' of a square [[matrix]] A is a [[complex number]]
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Ed Poor 2010
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An '' 'eigenvalue' '' of a square [[matrix]] A is a [[complex number]]
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Ed Poor 2010
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Realistically, Pinker would have bludgeoned Gladwell with something else if he'd corrected the spelling of "eigenvalue" in time for the book.
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This is in reference to a faulty transcription of "eigenvalue" Gladwell makes in an article about Nassim Taleb.
SEEDMAGAZINE.COM 2009
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"eigenvalue" in time to deny Pinker the mocking bludgeon of the "Igon Value Problem."
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Transcendental equations came up many times as mathematical physics developed — especially in boundary value and eigenvalue problems.
Wolfram Blog : Mathematica 7, Johannes Kepler, and Transcendental Roots 2008
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