User talk:Tmm8er

Dear Tmm8er,

I appreciate the contributions you made to the phase portrait wiki. Thank you for your input and help.

Asweatt (talk) 17:10, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Tmm8er,

I am not clear with what you mean by "trace." I know the meaning of the determinant. Do you have any interpretations on what the meaning of the trace is? What is the significance of the addition of 2 eigenvalues?

Asweatt (talk) 19:28, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Asweatt,

Thanks for your question. Trace is just another term like the determinant to represent a combination of eigenvalues. While the determinant is the product of the two eigenvalues, the trace is the sum of them.