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Adjoint operator by

Ciro Santilli 34  Updated 2024-12-15  +Created 1970-01-01

Given a linear operator

A

over a space

S

that has a inner product defined, we define the adjoint operator

A^{†}

(the

†

symbol is called "dagger") as the unique operator that satisfies:

\forall v, w \in S, < A v, w > = < v, A^{†} w >

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