noun
- plural of adjoint; mathematical objects that are related to given linear transformations or matrices in a specific way
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- The professor explained how to calculate the adjoints of these matrices.
- In linear algebra, adjoints play an important role in solving systems of equations.
- The students struggled to understand the relationship between operators and their adjoints.
- Finding the adjoints requires careful attention to the transpose and complex conjugate operations.
- The adjoints of these linear transformations have special properties in Hilbert spaces.