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Rayleigh quotients

Rayleigh quotients is the plural of Rayleigh quotient.

Meaning of Rayleigh quotient

Noun

Rayleigh quotient (plural Rayleigh quotients)

  1. 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.

Questions about Rayleigh quotients

What is Rayleigh quotients the plural of?
Rayleigh quotients is the plural of Rayleigh quotient.

Words near Rayleigh quotients in the dictionary

  1. rayled
  2. rayleigh
  3. Rayleigh jet
  4. Rayleigh jets
  5. Rayleigh quotient
  6. Rayleigh quotients
  7. Rayleigh scattering
  8. Rayleigh scatterings
  9. Rayleigh wave
  10. Rayleigh waves
  11. Rayleigh's resolution limit

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