固こ有ゆう関かん数すう

noun

eigenfunction

Technical term in mathematics and computing, referring to a function that, when acted upon by a linear operator, yields a scalar multiple of itself.

• 量りょう子し力りき学がくでは、ハミルトニアンの固こ有ゆう関かん数すうが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。

  In quantum mechanics, the eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian play an important role.