eigenvector

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Meaning

1. noun A vector that is only scaled (not rotated out of its span) under a particular linear transformation; a left or right eigenvector depending on context; given a linear transformation A, a vector x such that Ax=λx [or xA=λx] for some scalar λ (called the eigenvalue).
2. noun A right eigenvector; given a matrix A, the eigenvector of the transformation "left-side multiplication by A."

Similar words

right eigenvector left eigenvector eigenvalue left eigenvalue right eigenvalue eigensymbol eigenaxis eigenbivector eigenpolynomial eigenspace

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of is corresponding matrix associated and for with analysis

Word family

characteristic vector eigenvectors