http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28linear_algebra%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28linear_algebra%29 If you have a linear transformation from one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28linear_algebra%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28linear_algebra%29 If you have a linear transformation from one vector space to another, the kernel is the part of the domain that maps to the zero vector in the range. Intuitively, if you have a function that satisfies certain properties, the kernel is the part that it collapses to "zero".