What is the difference between the eigenfunctions and eigenvectors of an operator, for example Laplace-Beltrami operator?
What is the difference between eigenfunctions and eigenvectors of an operator?
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2Real or complex (or vector) valued functions on a space form a vector space. The Laplace-Beltrami operator is a linear operator that acts on this vector space. Its eigenvectors are also called "eigenfunctions" because the "vectors" are functions. – 2012-10-29