noun
Meaning 1
An eigenvalue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: linear-algebra, mathematics, sciences
Examples
- 1962 [Prentice Hall], Leonard E. Fuller, Basic Matrix Theory, 2017, Dover, page 217, There is an important relationship between the characteristic roots of a symmetric matrix and the r and p of the associated quadratic form. It is true that the number of positive characteristic roots is p, whereas the number of nonzero characteristic roots is r.
- 2009, Babu Ram, Engineering Mathematics, Pearson Education India, page 13.56, Theorem 13.54. The characteristic roots of a Hermitian matrix are real.
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