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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

  1. (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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