"self-adjoint" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From self- + adjoint. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|adjoint}} self- + adjoint Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} self-adjoint (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics) Adjoint to itself. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-self-adjoint-en-adj-isIEQKN2 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with self- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with self-: 76 24 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (functional analysis) Being a Hilbert space operator which is Hermitian and also whose eigenvectors span the entire Hilbert space. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Functional analysis Translations (Translations): autoadjoint (French), selbstadjungiert (German)
    Sense id: en-self-adjoint-en-adj-9sqMMWyL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 13 87

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