In addition to @Elemento ‘s excellent response;
@Sri_Vardhamanan : side note: the 4x should be 4y :
Also: In tech and engineering, solving Eigenwert problems are often really relevant. If you want to read a bit more, feel free to check out this thread:
Hi @annoyingCode
I did not take the Math4ML course, so I do not know the course specific context. But I still hope to contribute to answer your question:
As some physics motivation:
In structural dynamics, when you encounter a specific structure, it reacts after excitement (e.g. hitting a steel beam with a hammer): in general after the system is excited, it usually oscillates at the natural frequency of the system (= eigenfrequency) which can be characterised by eigenvalues. The modal forms o…
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