English Explanatory Dictionary

defective matrix

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A square (n×n) matrix that has fewer than n linearly independent eigenvectors, and is therefore not diagonalisable.

Word forms

defective matrix defective matrices

Related words

characteristic polynomial defective eigenvalue
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