Householder operator

The Householder operator, also known as the Householder transformation, is a mathematical technique used primarily in linear algebra for matrix manipulation. It is named after Alston Scott Householder, who introduced it in the 1950s. The Householder transformation is particularly useful for QR factorization and for computing eigenvalues, among other applications. ### Definition A Householder transformation can be defined as a reflection across a hyperplane in an n-dimensional space.