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= Solution

For real $\epsilon$, <unitarity> to first order gives
$$
I=U^\dagger U=(I-i\epsilon F^\dagger)(I+i\epsilon F)
=I+i\epsilon(F-F^\dagger)+O(\epsilon^2).
$$
Hence the generator of an <infinitesimal unitary transformation> obeys \b[$F=F^\dagger$]: it is <Hermitian>. More precisely, $U(\epsilon)=I+i\epsilon F+O(\epsilon^2)$ is a differentiable unitary family at the identity. The omitted second-order terms matter if $\epsilon$ is finite.

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