characteristic root
nounMathematics.
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.
a root of the characteristic equation of a given matrix.
Origin of characteristic root
1First recorded in 1955–60
- Also called characteristic value, eigenvalue, latent root, proper value.
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