Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lanczos algorithm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: lanc-zos al-go-rithm
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An iterative algorithm that is an adaptation of power methods to find the most useful eigenvalues and eigenvectors of an nth-order linear system with a limited number of operations, m, where m is much smaller than n.

Etymology

Devised by Cornelius Lanczos.

Inflected Forms

the Lanczos algorithm (canonical)

Phrases

Lanczos approximation Lanczos potential Lanczos resampling

Frequently Paired Words

Lanczos approximation Lanczos potential Lanczos resampling

Questions

What does lanczos algorithm mean?: An iterative algorithm that is an adaptation of power methods to find the most useful eigenvalues and eigenvectors of an nth-order linear system with a limited number of operations, m, where m is much smaller than n.
Where does lanczos algorithm come from?: Devised by Cornelius Lanczos.

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