nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up149
arrow-up149message-squareWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareMalte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think the original mathematician that proposed this idea was named Mr. Eigen, so eigenvector doesn’t actually refer to the german word “eigen”.
minus-squarehackebeilchen@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIf I remember right the term was introduced by Hilbert
minus-squaretryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agothis is not true. The eigenvectors direction remains unchanged by the matrix representing alinear mapping. it is therefore characteristic to the matrix, hence the term “eigen”.
I think the original mathematician that proposed this idea was named Mr. Eigen, so eigenvector doesn’t actually refer to the german word “eigen”.
If I remember right the term was introduced by Hilbert
this is not true. The eigenvectors direction remains unchanged by the matrix representing alinear mapping. it is therefore characteristic to the matrix, hence the term “eigen”.
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