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Sylvester's formula en · PROPN

Etymology

Named after James Joseph Sylvester.

Meanings

  1. A formula that expresses an analytic function f(A) of a matrix A as a polynomial in A, in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of A.
  2. A particular interpretation of the sum of three pairwise distinct vectors of equal length in the context of triangle geometry.

wikipedia: James Joseph Sylvester