1. Noun
A number showing how a transformation stretches a special direction.
A scalar associated with a linear transformation such that a non-zero vector changes only by that factor.
“The matrix has a repeated eigenvalue.”
2. Noun
(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
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