Re: eigen and principle
From: *** T. Winter (***.Winter_at_cwi.nl)
Date: 08/30/04
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:53:54 GMT
In article <ch04m6$cd7$1@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Dave Seaman <dseaman@no.such.host> writes:
> On 30 Aug 2004 13:47:10 -0700, yogesh wrote:
> > why eigen values are called as principle values of a matrix?
>
> "Eigenvalues" is a hybrid word, half German and half English.
The term comes from the usage of Eigenwert by Hilbert (but he meant the
inverses). It appears that the anglification of it is due to Dirac.
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