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proper values

proper values is the plural of proper value.

Meaning of proper value

Noun

proper value (plural proper values)

  1. (dated) An eigenvalue.
    • 1961 [Oxford University Press], Sterling K. Berberian, Introduction to Hilbert Space, American Mathematical Society (AMS Chelsea), 1999, Reprint, page 178,
      In this terminology, Theorem 1 asserts that every non-zero proper value of a CC-operator has finite multiplicity. This result is not always...

Questions about proper values

What is proper values the plural of?
Proper values is the plural of proper value.

Words near proper values in the dictionary

  1. proper subset
  2. proper subsets
  3. proper time
  4. proper times
  5. proper value
  6. proper values
  7. proper vector
  8. proper vectors
  9. properad
  10. properadic
  11. properads

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