The number of eigenvalues of a tensor

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Abstract: Eigenvectors of tensors, as studied recently in numerical multilinear algebra, correspond to fixed points of self-maps of a projective space. We determine the number of eigenvectors and eigenvalues of a generic tensor, and we show that the number of normalized eigenvalues of a symmetric tensor is always finite. We also examine the characteristic polynomial and how its coefficients are related to discriminants and resultants.


The authors compute the number of eigenvalues and eigenvectors for a tensor. If the tensor is generic then all multiplicities of the eigenpairs are \(1\). The authors also study the characteristic polynomial for a tensor. Further results for symmetric tensors are obtained.




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