involutant

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noun

Given two matrices M, N of order w, the involutant is the resultant of the w² scalar equations obtained by equating to zero a linear function with scalar coefficients of the w² matrices which result from multiplying 1, m m², ... mʷ⁻¹ into 1, n, n², ... nʷ⁻¹.

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Meanings

nouninvolutant (plural involutants)

plural involutants

  1. mathematicsGiven two matrices M, N of order w, the involutant is the resultant of the w² scalar equations obtained by equating to zero a linear function with scalar coefficients of the w² matrices which result from multiplying 1, m m², ... mʷ⁻¹ into 1, n, n², ... nʷ⁻¹.
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