Hessian matrix

English

Etymology

Developed in the 19th century by the German mathematician Ludwig Otto Hesse and later named after him.

Noun

Hessian matrix (plural Hessian matrices or Hessian matrixes)

  1. (mathematics) A square matrix of second-order partial derivatives of a scalar-valued function, or scalar field. It describes the local curvature of a function of many variables.
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