Spectral theory (mathematics)
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In mathematics, spectral theory is the study of the "spectrum", or set of eigenvalues, of an operator.
Spectral theory is so named because the mathematical spectrum of certain operators in quantum mechanics are precisely the absorption spectra of various materials.