Characteristic exponent

In mathematics, characteristic exponent may refer to:


 * Characteristic exponent of a field, a number equal to 1 if the field has characteristic 0, and equal to p if the field has characteristic p > 0
 * Lyapunov characteristic exponent, a quantity that characterizes the rate of separation
 * Characteristic exponent of Stable distribution
 * The logarithm of a characteristic function
 * Logarithm of a characteristic multiplier in the Floquet theory
 * Solution of the indicial equation of the Frobenius method