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Definition of latent root in English: latent rootnoun Mathematics A quantity which, when subtracted from each entry in the diagonal of a square matrix, makes the determinant of the resulting matrix equal to zero.
Origin Late 19th century; earliest use found in James Joseph Sylvester (1814–1897), mathematician. Definition of latent root in US English: latent rootnoun Mathematics A quantity which, when subtracted from each entry in the diagonal of a square matrix, makes the determinant of the resulting matrix equal to zero.
Origin Late 19th century; earliest use found in James Joseph Sylvester (1814–1897), mathematician. |