Eigenvalue Definition

īgən-vălyo͝o
eigenvalues
noun
eigenvalues
Any of the possible values of a quantity derived from a differential or integral equation having solutions that satisfy certain special conditions.
Webster's New World
The factor by which the magnitude of an eigenvector is changed by a given transformation.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • characteristic root of a square matrix
  • eigenvalue of a square matrix
  • eigenvalue of a matrix

Other Word Forms of Eigenvalue

Noun

Singular:
eigenvalue
Plural:
eigenvalues

Origin of Eigenvalue

  • Partial translation of German Eigenwert eigen- peculiar, characteristic (from eigen own) (from Middle High German) (from Old High German eigan aik- in Indo-European roots) Wert value

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • eigen- +‎ value

    From Wiktionary

Eigenvalue Sentence Examples

  • We have also shown that the eigenvalue classification scheme of [1] cannot be used to directly classify the codimension-two bifurcations.

  • The corresponding eigenvalue is the same in both cases.

  • The goal is to find visual characteristics of the domain which determine or at least estimate the lowest eigenvalue.

  • From section 3.1 we seek the eigenvector with smallest eigenvalue of.

  • For large problems round- off errors may accumulate during the solution of the matrix eigenvalue equation.

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