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singular value  

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  • In mathematics, in particular functional analysis, the singular values, or s-numbers of a compact operator T : X → Y acting between Hilbert spaces X and Y, are the square roots of the (necessarily non-negative) eigenvalues of the self-adjoint operator T^∗T (where T^{*} denotes the adjoint of T). (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_value)

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