1 June 2018

eigenvector

[ahy-guh n-vek-ter]

noun

1. (maths, physics) a vector x satisfying an equation A x = λ x , where A is a square matrix and λ is a constant.
E.g. ‘Eigenvalues and eigenvectors can be complex-valued as well as real-valued. The dimension of the eigenspace corresponding to an eigenvalue is less than or equal to the multiplicity of that eigenvalue’. (https://www.math.hmc.edu/calculus/tutorials/eigenstuff/)

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Origin of eigenvector

German
1955-1960 First recorded in 1955-60, eigenvector is from the German word Eigenvektor

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