Hermitian matrix


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.

Origin of Hermitian matrix

1925–30; after C. Hermite; see -ian

British Dictionary definitions for hermitian matrix

Hermitian matrix

noun

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

Word Origin for Hermitian matrix

C20: named after Charles Hermite (1822–1901), French mathematician