eigenvalue
eigenvalue
Definition
eigen·value (ī′gən val′yo̵̅o̅)
noun
Math., Physics any of the possible values of a quantity derived from a differential or integral equation having solutions that satisfy certain special conditions
eigenvalue
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- matrix: The eigenvalues of a matrix are the roots of its characteristic equation.
- operator: The assumption is that the zeroes of such Zeta functions correspond to the eigenvalues of finite dimensional unitary operators of natural quantum mechanical systems.
Converse of object
- compute: The compute eigenvalues are stored in the member ' W ' .
- calculate: The program tests for linear dependence by calculating the eigenvalues of the overlap matrix.
- find: Course Description Solving linear systems Ax = b or finding the eigenvalues of a matrix may appear to be trivial tasks.
- have: The transition matrices of periodic Markov chains have eigenvalues on the unit circle.
- contain: S 2 B = I ) then d contains the eigenvalues of the hermitian matrix SAS.
- associate: A C King & D J Needham On the behavior of eigenvalues associated with Sturm-Liouville problems on shrinking domains.
Adjective modifier
- corresponding: The corresponding eigenvalue is the same in both cases.
- negative: There is a practical tip to make negative eigenvalues rear their head less.
- complex: The fermion determinant is calculated by summing over the resulting complex eigenvalues.
- low: The goal is to find visual characteristics of the domain which determine or at least estimate the lowest eigenvalue.
- large: Let, , be the n ' eigenvectors of which have the largest corresponding eigenvalues.
- small: From section 3.1 we seek the eigenvector with smallest eigenvalue of.
Modifies a noun
- equation: Solution method: The momentum balance equation is transformed into an eigenvalue equation of the Mathieu type with an extra damping term.
- problem: Nature of problem: The numeric eigenvalue problem appears in a number of branches of Physics.
- analysis: The first two natural circular frequencies are determined from the eigenvalue analysis and used to evaluate Rayleigh damping factors from equations ( 5 ).
- spectrum: The eigenvalue spectrum provides an answer to the question of how many images are necessary to determine a reconstruction to a given resolution.
Noun used with modifier
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