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)

1. (mathematics, of an operator) Equal to its own transpose conjugate.

   Synonym: self-adjoint

   If φ=φ^† then φ is Hermitian.

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

• Czech: hermitovský
• Finnish: hermiittinen (fi)
• French: hermitien (fr)
• German: hermitesch (de)
• Icelandic: hermískur m
• Italian: hermitiano
• Polish: hermitowski (pl) m
• Spanish: hermítico