English Explanatory Dictionary

characteristic root

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An eigenvalue.

Word forms

characteristic root characteristic roots

Etymology

Calque of French racine caractéristique, the term preferred by French mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789–1857).

Related words

characteristic polynomial characteristic vector
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