row echelon form

noun

The stepped appearance of a matrix that has undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it.

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Meanings

nounrow echelon form (countable and uncountable, plural row echelon forms)

plural row echelon forms

  1. countableuncountablelinear algebraThe stepped appearance of a matrix that has undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it.

Translations

Finnish porrasmuoto
  • porrasmuotorow echelon form
Polish macierz schodkowa
  • macierz schodkowarow echelon form
Spanish forma escalonada por filas, forma escalonada por renglones
  • forma escalonada por filasrow echelon form
  • forma escalonada por renglonesrow echelon form
Swedish trappstegsform
  • trappstegsformrow echelon form
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