Eigenvectors are useful!

May 23, 2004 AM/Home

The doorbell rings. Two very nice ladies are at the door holding bibles. I groan.

"Have you ever wondered how our actions as mortals have affected God?"

"Right now its finals time, and all I'm wondering about is how to find a basis of eigenvectors and eigenvalues for a linear transform."

"Oh, it's finals time? What's an eigenvalue? Never mind, its math stuff, right?"

"Right."

"Have a nice day!"

Wow, I knew eigenvectors were useful, but I never dreamed that they were THAT useful!