 ##  [Nullspace Pollution](/nullspace-pollution) 

  ##  [Nullspace Pollution](https://mathlogic.quantumdictionary.io/nullspace-pollution-0) 

  

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Definition

The intrusion of spurious components into the numerical nullspace (kernel) of an operator or discretized system, which obscures true kernel elements and undermines exact enforcement of constraints or invariants associated with that nullspace.