"Hermitian" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /hɜː(ɹ)ˈmɪʃən/
Etymology: After the French mathematician Charles Hermite (1822–1901), + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ian}} + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Hermitian (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics, of an operator) Equal to its own transpose conjugate. Wikipedia link: Charles Hermite, Hermitian Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: self-adjoint Related terms: hermicity, hermiticity, hermitize Translations (equal to its transpose conjugate): hermitovský (Czech), hermiittinen (Finnish), hermitien (French), hermitesch (German), hermískur [masculine] (Icelandic), hermitiano (Italian), hermitowski [masculine] (Polish), hermítico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Hermitian-en-adj-dDSF076f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ian Topics: mathematics, sciences Derived forms: 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

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