characteristic root of a square matrix

Questions about characteristic root of a square matrix

What is another word for characteristic root of a square matrix?

It depends which characteristic root of a square matrix you mean. In the sense “(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant”, the synonyms are eigenvalue, eigenvalue of a matrix, eigenvalue of a square matrix. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of characteristic root of a square matrix?

WordNet records no antonym for characteristic root of a square matrix. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for characteristic root of a square matrix come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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