Re: matadjoint

[Karim BELABAS <Karim.Belabas@math.u-psud.fr>]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Denis Simon wrote:
> I was wondering about the terminology 'matadjoint' used in gp. In some
> linear algebra book, I found that the 'adjoint' of a matrix is the
> transpose of the conjugate (complex conjugate) of a matrix. It seems that
> the result of matajoint is the transpose of the 'comatrix'. In which book
> can I find the name 'adjoint' for this matrix ? Is the french terminology
> different from the english one ?

cf Bourbaki (Algebre III, p199, ex 9 in my edition),
   Mehta (Matrix Theory, Section 3.2),
   Stewart (Introduction to matrix computations, Appendix 2),
   etc.

The terminology is unfortunate [ nothing to do with adjoint operators in
Hilbert spaces, corresponding to your other definition, and which is even
more standard! ], but nonetheless standard. From a cursory check in our
library, this usage doesn't seem to be linked to a particular tradition.
[ although I'm ready to be corrected on that one... ]

Cheers,

    Karim.
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