Unit root 单位根 (计量经济学)
A unit root is a feature of processes that evolve through time that can cause problems in statistical inference involving time series models.
A linear stochastic process has a unit root if 1 is a root of the process's characteristic equation. Such a process is non-stationary. If the other roots of the characteristic equation lie inside the unit circle—that is, have a modulus (absolute value) less than one—then the first difference of the process will be stationary.