Meaning

1 senses
  1. An eigenvalue.

    2009, Babu Ram, Engineering Mathematics, Pearson Education India, page 13.56, Theorem 13.54. The characteristic roots of a Hermitian matrix are real.

Origin

Calque of French racine caractéristique, the term preferred by French mathematician August

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

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