eigentheory

English

Noun

eigentheory (uncountable)

1. (mathematics, uncountable) The study of eigenvalues, eigenvectors, eigenspaces, eigenbases, eigenpairs etc.
   • 2017, James B. Carrell, Groups, Matrices, and Vector Spaces: A Group Theoretic Approach to Linear Algebra, Springer, page 239:

     The purpose of this section is to introduce the basic terms and concepts connected with eigentheory: eigenvalues, eigenvectors, eigenpairs, eigenspaces, the characteristic polynomial, and the characteristic equation.

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• eigenface
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• eigenpair
• eigenspace
• eigenspinor
• eigenstate
• eigensystem
• eigenvalue
• eigenvector