PageRank or PR(A) can be calculated using a simple iterative algorithm, and corresponds to the principal eigenvector of the normalized link matrix of the web.
Fact: The PageRank vector for a web graph with transition matrix A , and damping factor p , is the unique probabilistic eigenvector of the matrix M , ...
Google's success derives in large part from its PageRank algorithm, which ranks the importance of webpages according to an eigenvector of a weighted link matrix ...