# Eigen

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**Eigen** may refer to:

## People with the given name

- [Eigen Hayashi](/source/Eigen_Hayashi) (林 英源, born 1949), Japanese sport shooter
- [Haruka Eigen](/source/Haruka_Eigen) (永源 遙, 1946-2016), Japanese professional wrestler
- [Frauke Eigen](/source/Frauke_Eigen) (born 1969) German photographer, photojournalist and artist
- [Manfred Eigen](/source/Manfred_Eigen) (1927–2019), German biophysicist
- [Michael Eigen](/source/Michael_Eigen) (born 1936) American psychologist and psychoanalyst
- [Karl Eigen](/source/Karl_Eigen) (1927–2016) German farmer and politician
- [Saint Eigen](/source/Saint_Eigen), female Christian saint
- [Peter Eigen](/source/Peter_Eigen), (born 1938) German lawyer, development economist and civil society leader

## Places

- [Eigen, Schwyz](/source/Eigen,_Schwyz), settlement in the municipality of Alpthal in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
- [Eigen, Thurgau](/source/Eigen,_Thurgau), locality in the municipality of [Lengwil](/source/Lengwil) in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland
- [Eigen-ji](/source/Eigen-ji), Buddhist temple

## Others

- [Eigen (C++ library)](/source/Eigen_(C%2B%2B_library)), computer programming library for matrix and linear algebra operations
- [Eigen Wereld](/source/Eigen_Wereld), is Opgezwolle's third album
- [Eigen Kweek](/source/Eigen_Kweek), was a 2013-2019 Belgian crime comedy television series

## See also

- [Eigenvalue, eigenvector and eigenspace](/source/Eigenvalue,_eigenvector_and_eigenspace) in mathematics and physics
- Eigenclass, synonym to *[metaclass](/source/Metaclass)* in the Ruby programming language
- Eigenbehaviour, with its connection to [eigenform](/source/Eigenform) and [eigenvalue](/source/Eigenvalue) in [cybernetics](/source/Cybernetics)
- [Eigenfunction](/source/Eigenfunction), is any non-zero function f

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