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Determinant vs Immanant - What's the difference?

determinant | immanant |

As nouns the difference between determinant and immanant

is that determinant is (label) determiner while immanant is (linear algebra) a function or property of a matrix, defined as a generalization of the concepts of determinant and.

As a verb determinant

is .

As an adjective determinant

is determinant.

determinant

English

Noun

(wikipedia determinant) (en noun)
  • A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something
  • (linear algebra) The unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value of 1 for the unit matrix. Abbreviation: det
  • (biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.

    • See also

    * permanent * singular * Mathworld article on determinants

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    immanant

    English

    Noun

    (Immanant of a matrix) (en noun)
  • (linear algebra) A function or property of a matrix, defined as a generalization of the concepts of determinant and .

    • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with .

    See also

    * (projectlink)

    External links

    * Immanant -- from Wolfram MathWorld