Associations to the word «Eigenfunction»

Wiktionary

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

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis