# Lanczos algorithm

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. An iterative algorithm that is an adaptation of power methods to find the most useful eigenvalues and eigenvectors of an nth-order linear system with a limited number of operations, m, where m is much smaller than n.

## Etymology
Devised by Cornelius Lanczos.

## Source
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