nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months agoWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down11
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favorite examples of German words making it into English?nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Germany@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareMalte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months 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-up5·11 months agoIf I remember right the term was introduced by Hilbert
minus-squaretryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months 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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