That was an excellent explanation of the intuition and motivation behind eigenve...

		ntownsend on Aug 13, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What are eigen values? That was an excellent explanation of the intuition and motivation behind eigenvectors. Eigenvectors are also used extensively in pattern recognition. Notably, in facial recognition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigenface

And it's for the same reason as stated in the article.