Hermitian matrix

American

noun

Mathematics. a matrix, whose entries are complex numbers, equal to the transpose of the matrix whose entries are the conjugates of the entries of the given matrix.

Hermitian matrix British

noun

maths a matrix whose transpose is equal to the matrix of the complex conjugates of its entries

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Etymology

Origin of Hermitian matrix

1925–30; after C. Hermite; see -ian

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