determinant
Square matrix value
A determinant is something that determines or decisively influences an outcome: Income is a major determinant of health.
The word appears often in academic and policy contexts discussing causal factors.
In mathematics, a determinant is a specific value calculated from a square matrix, used to solve systems of equations and determine whether a matrix can be inverted.
What produces an effect
- driverVehicle operator
- elementBasic substance or factor
- componentElement of a system
- reasonBasis or justification
basis · key · primary · crucial · vital · essential · decisive · critical
Scalar satisfying determinant equation
- eigenvectorDirection preserved under transformation
- cofactorEnzyme-activating compound
- transposeReverse order of elements
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
rank · inverse · singular · invertible · diagonalization · minor · pivot · triangular
What follows a cause
- consequenceResult of an action
- effectResult of a cause
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- verdictOfficial court decision
resolution · upshot · fate · prognosis · turning point · tipping point · clincher · decider
cause
What produces an effect
reason · basis · key · primary · crucial · vital · essential · decisive · critical · pivotal
eigenvalue
Scalar satisfying determinant equation
- eigenvectorDirection preserved under transformation
- cofactorEnzyme-activating compound
- transposeReverse order of elements
trace · rank · inverse · singular · invertible · diagonalization · minor · pivot · triangular · Hessian
result
What follows a cause
- consequenceResult of an action
- effectResult of a cause
- impactForceful contact or consequence
verdict · resolution · upshot · fate · prognosis · turning point · tipping point · clincher · decider
characteristic
Distinguishing quality or trait
- traitDistinguishing personal quality
- qualityStandard or attribute
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
marker · indicator · criterion · benchmark · hallmark · property · distinguishing · defining · identifying · diagnostic
- Knot Theoryunknot, figure-eight knot, link, linking number, braid
- causescause, root cause, primary cause, underlying cause, origin
- operatorsplus, minus, negation, equals, not
- linear algebramatrix, linear equation, vectors, linear function, matrices
- causalitycausation, causality, causal chain, cause, effect
- operator theoryoperator, adjoint, spectrum, eigenvalue, eigenvector
determinantresult
What follows a cause
effect · outcome · consequence · aftermath · aftereffect
determinantincidental
Minor and unplanned
indecisive · irrelevance · inconclusive · triviality · random variable
determinantmatrix
Ordered numerical arrangement
eigenvector · trace · inverse · eigenvalue
- social determinantsNon-medical health influences
- sex determinationEstablishing male or female status
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