Meanings
nounHankel matrix (plural Hankel matrices or Hankel matrixes)
plural Hankel matrices · plural Hankel matrixes
- linear algebraA square matrix with constant skew-diagonals (positive sloping diagonals).
Origin
Named after Hermann Hankel.
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