eigenfunction

English

Etymology

eigen- +‎ function

Noun

eigenfunction (plural eigenfunctions)

(mathematics) A function $\phi$ such that, for a given linear operator $D$ , $D\phi =\lambda \phi$ for some scalar $\lambda$ (called an eigenvalue).

Synonyms

proper function, eigenstate

Related terms

Terms related to eigenfunction

eigenvalue

eigenvector

Translations

function

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} دَالَة خَاصَّة‎‎ f (dāla ḵāṣṣa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 本徵函數, 本征函数 (běnzhēng hánshù)
Finnish: ominaisfunktio
French: fonction propre (fr) f
German: Eigenfunktion (de) f
Greek: ιδιοσυνάρτηση f (idiosynártisi)

Icelandic: eiginfall n
Italian: autofunzione (it) f
Japanese: 固有関数 (koyū kansū)
Portuguese: autofunção f
Russian: со́бственная фу́нкция f (sóbstvennaja fúnkcija)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} autofunción f, ^{(please verify)} función propia f
Swedish: egenfunktion (sv) c

References

eigenfunction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

eigenfunction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

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