hermitian matrix
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matrix equal to its conjugate-transpose
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- Named after
- Charles Hermite
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- different from
- Hermitian form
- opposite of
- skew-Hermitian matrix
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Encyclopedic overview
In mathematics, more precisely in linear algebra, a Hermitian matrix (or self-adjoint matrix) is a square matrix that is equal to its own conjugate transpose—that is, its element in the i-th row and j-th column is the complex conjugate of its element in the j-th row and i-th column, for all indices i and j. With matrix notations:
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