Self-commutator

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Given a bounded linear operator B and its adjoint B^*, the self-commutator is B^*B-BB^*.

Etymology

From self- + commutator.

More for "self-commutator"

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.