Associations to the word «Eigenvector»

Wiktionary

EIGENVECTOR, noun. (linear algebra) A vector that is not rotated under a given linear transformation; a left or right eigenvector depending on context.
EIGENVECTOR, noun. (physics) (engineering) A right eigenvector; a nonzero vector \(x\) such that, for a particular matrix \(A\), \(A x = \lambda x\) for some scalar \(\lambda\) which is its eigenvalue and an eigenvalue of the matrix.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King