Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

householder's method

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: house-hold-er's method
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Any of a class of iterative root-finding algorithms used for functions of one real variable with continuous derivatives up to some order d + 1, each method being characterized by the number d.

Etymology

Named after American mathematician Alston Scott Householder (1904–1993).

Inflected Forms

Householder's methods (plural)

Questions

What does householder's method mean?: Any of a class of iterative root-finding algorithms used for functions of one real variable with continuous derivatives up to some order d + 1, each method being characterized by the number d.
Where does householder's method come from?: Named after American mathematician Alston Scott Householder (1904–1993).

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