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<math> \langle u+v,w \rangle \equiv \langle u,w \rangle + \langle v,w \rangle </math>
 
<math> \langle u+v,w \rangle \equiv \langle u,w \rangle + \langle v,w \rangle </math>
  
<math> \langle u,v+w \rangle  \equiv langle u,v \rangle + \langle u,w \rangle </math>
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<math> \langle u,v+w \rangle  \equiv \langle u,v \rangle + \langle u,w \rangle </math>
  
 
<math> \langle \alpha u,v \rangle  \equiv \alpha \langle u,v \rangle </math>
 
<math> \langle \alpha u,v \rangle  \equiv \alpha \langle u,v \rangle </math>

Revision as of 15:35, 21 January 2008

Definition of complex (Hermitian) inner product

 \langle u+v,w \rangle \equiv \langle u,w \rangle + \langle v,w \rangle

 \langle u,v+w \rangle  \equiv \langle u,v \rangle + \langle u,w \rangle

 \langle \alpha u,v \rangle  \equiv \alpha \langle u,v \rangle

 \langle u,\alpha v \rangle \equiv \alpha^* \langle u,v \rangle

 \langle u,v \rangle  \equiv \langle v,u \rangle ^*

 \langle u,u \rangle  = 0, with equality only if u = = 0

The basic example is the form

h(z,w) \equiv \sum z_i w^* _i

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