English Explanatory Dictionary

Hermitian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Equal to its own transpose conjugate.
noun
  1. A Hermitian operator.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Hermitian.

Pronunciation

/hɜː(ɹ)ˈmɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hermitian.wav

Word forms

Hermitian Hermitians

Etymology

After the French mathematician Charles Hermite (1822–1901), + -ian.

Synonyms

self-adjoint

Related words

hermicity hermiticity hermitize

Derived words

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 sesquilinear form Hermitian space bihermitian pseudohermitian
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