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Complex Inner Product Space

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Let C\mathbb{C} be the field of complex numbers, let VV be a complex vector space, let 0V0_{V} be its zero vector, and for λ∈C\lambda\in\mathbb{C} let λ‾\overline{\lambda} denote its complex conjugate.

An inner product on VV is a map assigning to each pair u,vu,v of elements of VV a complex number ⟨u,v⟩\langle u,v\rangle, subject to the following conditions for all u,v,w∈Vu,v,w\in V and all λ∈C\lambda\in\mathbb{C}.

1. (Conjugate symmetry) ⟨u,v⟩=⟨v,u⟩‾\langle u,v\rangle=\overline{\langle v,u\rangle}.

2. (Additivity in the second argument) ⟨u,v+w⟩=⟨u,v⟩+⟨u,w⟩\langle u,v+w\rangle=\langle u,v\rangle+\langle u,w\rangle.

3. (Homogeneity in the second argument) ⟨u,λv⟩=λ⟨u,v⟩\langle u,\lambda v\rangle=\lambda\langle u,v\rangle.

4. (Positive definiteness) ⟨v,v⟩\langle v,v\rangle is a real number satisfying 0≤⟨v,v⟩0\le\langle v,v\rangle, and ⟨v,v⟩=0\langle v,v\rangle=0 only if v=0Vv=0_{V}.

A complex inner product space is a complex vector space together with an inner product on it.

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