Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kronecker delta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: kro-neck-er delta
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A binary function, written as δ with two subscripts, which evaluates to 1 when its arguments are equal, and 0 otherwise.

noun

A unary function, written as δ with a single index, which evaluates to 1 at zero, and 0 elsewhere.

Example Sentences

"The Kronecker delta #92;delta#95;#123;ij#125; is an example of an isotropic tensor. That is, its components remain invariant with rotation of coordinate axes."
"The permutation symbol and the Kronecker delta prove to be very useful in proving vector identities."
"The most important property of the Kronecker delta occurs when it shares a common repeated index with another tensor: Note 10.1.3. When an index of a tensor T is contracted with one of the indices of the Kronecker delta, the result is an expression in which the Kronecker delta is removed and the contracted index of T is replaced by the other index of the Kronecker delta."

Etymology

Named after German mathematician Leopold Kronecker (1823–1891)

Inflected Forms

Kronecker deltas (plural)

Phrases

generalized Kronecker delta Dirac delta Dirac delta function Dirac measure Iverson bracket Kronecker product Kronecker symbol Levi-Civita symbol

Frequently Paired Words

Dirac delta Dirac delta function Dirac measure Iverson bracket Kronecker product Kronecker symbol Levi-Civita symbol

Synonyms

Kronecker tensor substitution tensor

Questions

What does kronecker delta mean?: A binary function, written as δ with two subscripts, which evaluates to 1 when its arguments are equal, and 0 otherwise.
Where does kronecker delta come from?: Named after German mathematician Leopold Kronecker (1823–1891)

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