eigenoperator

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noun

An operator (endomorphism) involving an eigenvalue.

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Meanings

nouneigenoperator (plural eigenoperators)

plural eigenoperators

  1. mathematicsAn operator (endomorphism) involving an eigenvalue.

    We conjecture two combinatorial interpretations for the symmetric function #92;Delta#95;#123;e#95;k#125;e#95;n, where #92;Delta#95;f is an eigenoperator for the modified Macdonald polynomials defined by Garsia and Haiman.

    2015, James Haglund, Jeffrey Remmel, Andrew Timothy Wilson, “The Delta Conjecture”, in arXiv

Origin

From eigen- + operator.

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