Hermitian conjugate

[her-mee-shuhn]

Her·mi·tian con·jugate

[her-mee-shuhn]
noun Mathematics.
adjoint (def. 2).

Origin:
1960–65; after C. Hermite; see -ian
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Hermitian conjugate is always a great word to know.
So is real number. Does it mean:
a rational number or the limit of a sequence of rational numbers, as opposed to a complex number
a relation of four quantities such that the first divided by the second is equal to the third divided by the fourth; the equality of ratios
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Hermitian conjugate (hɜːˈmɪtɪən)
 
n
maths Also called: adjoint a matrix that is the transpose of the matrix of the complex conjugates of the entries of a given matrix
 
[C19: named after Charles Hermite (1822--1901), French mathematician]

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