characteristic root
Americannoun
Mathematics.
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a scalar for which there exists a nonzero vector such that the scalar times the vector equals the value of the vector under a given linear transformation on a vector space.
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a root of the characteristic equation of a given matrix.
Etymology
Origin of characteristic root
First recorded in 1955–60
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