DIAGONALISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diagonalisation mean? 

• DIAGONALISATION (noun)
  The noun DIAGONALISATION has 1 sense:

1. changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal)

  Familiarity information: DIAGONALISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIAGONALISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

diagonalisation; diagonalization

Context example:

the diagonalization of a normal matrix by a unitary transformation

Hypernyms ("diagonalisation" is a kind of...):

resolution; resolving (analysis into clear-cut components)

Domain category:

matrix algebra (the part of algebra that deals with the theory of matrices)

Derivation:

diagonalise (transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix)