Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Math.) to transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix.
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- verb mathematics, transitive To convert a
square matrix into adiagonal matrix by multiplying it by a secondmatrix and itsinverse .
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- verb transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix
Etymologies
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diagonal + -ize
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Examples
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So we can diagonalize this matrix and get new single-electron eigenstates, replacing the orbitals we started with.
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where A is the matrix you are attempting to diagonalize and I is the identity matrix of the same dimensions as A where A is square.
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