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Let V be an inner product space. An endomorphism α of V is selfadjoint if and only if 〈(v),α,w〉 = 〈v,α(w)〉 for all v,w ∈ V.
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Golan, J.S. (2007). Selfadjoint Endomorphisms. In: The Linear Algebra a Beginning Graduate Student Ought to Know. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5495-2_17
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