diagonalize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To convert a square matrix into a diagonal matrix by multiplying it by a second matrix and its inverse.
  2. To design variables such that design problems only bear upon subsets that are loosely coupled to others.

Word forms

diagonalize diagonalizes diagonalizing diagonalized diagonalise

Etymology

From diagonal + -ize.

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