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sylvester's formula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
sylvester's -for-mu-la
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A formula that expresses an analytic function f(A) of a matrix A as a polynomial in A, in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of A.

name

A particular interpretation of the sum of three pairwise distinct vectors of equal length in the context of triangle geometry.

Etymology

Named after James Joseph Sylvester.

Questions

What does sylvester's formula mean?
A formula that expresses an analytic function f(A) of a matrix A as a polynomial in A, in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of A.
Where does sylvester's formula come from?
Named after James Joseph Sylvester.

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