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Definition of Diagonalisation
1. Noun. Changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal). "The diagonalization of a normal matrix by a unitary transformation"
Generic synonyms: Resolution, Resolving
Category relationships: Matrix Algebra
Derivative terms: Diagonalise, Diagonalize
Definition of Diagonalisation
1. Noun. In matrix algebra, the process of converting a square matrix into a diagonal matrix, usually to find the eigenvalues of the matrix. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diagonalisation
Literary usage of Diagonalisation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In the Paradise of the Sufis by Javād Nūrbakhsh (1979)
"In practice, this minimisation is achieved through diagonalisation of a matrix,
H, with elements ..."
2. Bose-Einstein Condensation: An Introduction edited by Keith Burnett, Mark Edwards, Charles W. Clark (1996)
"Moreover, after this diagonalisation the average density n and order parameter
40 are easily calculated and result in the equation of state and the BCS gap ..."
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