Definition:Jordan Canonical Form
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Jordan canonical form is a form of block diagonal canonical form to which a square matrix can be reduced by a similarity transformation.
Each of the blocks on the diagonal are Jordan matrices, and contain the eigenvalues on the main diagonal.
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Source of Name
This entry was named for Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan.
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Jordan canonical form