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Phrygiaddicted t1_iu440va wrote

Reply to comment by just-an-astronomer in ELI5: Why is Google just so dominant? by Arakis-balls

>eigenvalues and eigenvectors, which is a Linear Algebra concept I can't quite eli5

eigenvectors are just certain vectors that when multiplied by the matrix, still point in the same direction. Aû = û.

eigenvalue is how much that vector gets stretched by. Au = eu.

so it could very crudely be summed up by saying "if you keep following links over and over, where do you likely end up"

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