Associations to the word «Kronecker»

Wiktionary

KRONECKER DELTA, noun. (mathematics) A binary function, written as δ with two subscripts, which evaluates to 1 when its arguments are equal, and 0 otherwise
KRONECKER DELTA, noun. (mathematics) A unary function, written as δ with a subscript, which evaluates to 1 at zero, and 0 elsewhere.
KRONECKER PRODUCT, noun. (mathematics) The ⊗ operation (the tensor product) when applied to two matrices.

Dictionary definition

KRONECKER, noun. German mathematician (1823-1891).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats