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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (7 children)

In mathematics:

Eigenvektor

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I think the original mathematician that proposed this idea was named Mr. Eigen, so eigenvector doesn't actually refer to the german word "eigen".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

If I remember right the term was introduced by Hilbert

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