Hermitian
See also: hermitian
English
Etymology
After the French mathematician Charles Hermite (1822–1901), + -ian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɜː(ɹ)ˈmɪʃən/
Adjective
Hermitian (not comparable)
- (mathematics, of an operator) Equal to its own transpose conjugate.
- If φ=φ† then φ is Hermitian.
- Synonym: self-adjoint
Derived terms
- Hermitian adjoint
- Hermitian bilinear form
- Hermitian conjugate
- Hermitian conjugate matrix
- Hermitian conjugate operator
- Hermitian form
- Hermitian inner product
- Hermitian inner product space
- Hermitian matrix
- Hermitian metric
- Hermitian operator
- Hermitian sesquilinear form
- Hermitian space
Related terms
- hermicity
- hermiticity
- hermitize
Translations
equal to its transpose conjugate
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