Rayleigh quotient

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Named after Lord Rayleigh.

Noun[edit]

Rayleigh quotient (plural Rayleigh quotients)

  1. (mathematics) A formula used in the min-max theorem to find exact eigenvalues, and in eigenvalue algorithms to obtain an eigenvalue approximation from an eigenvector approximation; it has applications in quantum mechanics.
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