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adj
Adjoint to itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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adj
Being a Hilbert space operator which is Hermitian and also whose eigenvectors span the entire Hilbert space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: functional analysis
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English adjoint English self-adjoint From self- + adjoint.
Across languages
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