| 释义 |
secular determinant secular determinant[′sek·yə·lər di′tər·mən·ənt] (mathematics) For a square matrix A, the determinant of the matrix whose off-diagonal components are equal to those of A, and whose diagonal components are equal to the difference between those of A and a parameter λ; it is equal to the characteristic polynomial in λ of the linear transformation represented by A. |