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row echelon form

row echelon form noun: the stepped appearance of a matrix that has undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it.

Noun

row echelon form (countable and uncountable, plural row echelon forms)

  1. The stepped appearance of a matrix that has undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it.

Forms of row echelon form

pluralrow echelon forms

Words formed from row echelon form

Questions about row echelon form

What does row echelon form mean?
Row echelon form means the stepped appearance of a matrix that has undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it.
What part of speech is row echelon form?
Row echelon form is a noun.
What is the plural of row echelon form?
The plural of row echelon form is row echelon forms.

Words near row echelon form in the dictionary

  1. row
  2. row back
  3. row backs
  4. row crop
  5. row crops
  6. row echelon form
  7. row echelon forms
  8. row house
  9. row houses
  10. row in the same boat
  11. row of pins

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