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From: delliott@cec2.wustl.edu (Dave Elliott)
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Subject: Re: origin of eigenvalue & -vector
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Date: 16 Nov 90 05:29:10 GMT
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In German, it's   eigenwerth,   I think. 40 years ago there were objections
to "eigenvalue" as a barbarism: half German, half English.  
                                David L. Elliott
				Dept. of Systems Science and Mathematics
                                Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
				delliott@CEC2.WUSTL.EDU