Self-adjoint
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Self-adjoint is an adjective meaning (mathematics) Adjoint to itself.
Meaning
(mathematics) Adjoint to itself.
More Meanings
- (functional analysis) Being a Hilbert space operator which is Hermitian and also whose eigenvectors span the entire Hilbert space.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include biadjoint, coadjoint, unitary, adjointable, adjoint, self-dual.
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