Hessian
Hessian
Definition
Hes·sian (hes̸h′ən)
adjective
of Hesse or its people
noun
- a person born or living in Hesse
- any of the Hessian mercenaries who fought for the British in the Revolutionary War
- a coarse cloth used for bags
hessian
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- back: They can be used as a pond liner, or in the garden as a mulch mat, if it is hessian backed.
- start: This effect is fairly common if in addition the starting hessian is also poorly defined.
- calculate: A number of mechanisms are available to define or calculate the initial hessian: 1. On the VARIABLE definition lines of the ZMATRIX.
- use: If you go down to a builders merchant they will sell 12/18 " wide rolls of hessian used to protect brickwork.
Adjective modifier
- initial: A number of mechanisms are available to define or calculate the initial hessian: 1. On the VARIABLE definition lines of the ZMATRIX.
- inverse: For Newton-Raphson calculations, the inverse hessian is output after each exact recalculation, but not after updating.
- damp: This may involve the application of damp hessian or more usually a spray applied curing membrane.
Modifies a noun
- eigenmodes: In the standard Baker algorithm to determine the search step, all hessian eigenmodes contribute with a weighting according to their eigenvalue.
- sack: Protect pots outside from freezing by wrapping round with bubble wrap plastic or hessian sack lined with straw.
- matrix: Topic: hessian Type: Keyword Use: Causes details of the hessian matrix to be output.
- bag: Plastic bottles which have the symbols 1 or 2 in a triangle can be placed in your white hessian bag for kerbside collection.
- command: The default values, where given, are those applied in the control scripts, ( as invoked by the newopt and hessian commands.
- element: If it is a number the diagonal hessian element for the variable specified is set to this number.
Noun used with modifier
- unit: Correspondingly the minimiser will therefore default to BFGS starting from a unit hessian.
Browse dictionary entries near Hessian
- Hessen
- Hesse
- Hess
- Hesperus
- hesperidium
- hesperidin
- hesperidia
- Hesperides
- Hesperid
- Hesperian
- Hessian boots
- Hessian fly
- hessite
- hessonite
- hest
- Hester
- Hestia
- Heston and Isleworth
- het
- het up
