Difference between revisions of "Eigenvalue"

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-An '''eigenvalue''' of a square [[matrix]] <math>A</math> is a [[complex number]] <math>\lambda</math> such that
+#REDIRECT[[Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues]]
-:<math>A\boldsymbol{x}=\lambda\boldsymbol{x}</math>
-for some vector <math>\boldsymbol{x}\in\mathbb{R}</math> known as a [[eigenvector]]. The eigenvalue is the zero of a matrix's [[charateristic polynomial]].
-All the eigenvectors of a particular eigenvalue [[span]] a vector space called the [[eigenspace]].
-[[category:mathematics]]