Sylvester's formula

English

Etymology

Named after James Joseph Sylvester.

Proper noun

Sylvester's formula

  1. (mathematics) A formula that expresses an analytic function f(A) of a matrix A as a polynomial in A, in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of A.
  2. (geometry) A particular interpretation of the sum of three pairwise distinct vectors of equal length in the context of triangle geometry.
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