Main Entry: Her·mi·tian matrix

Pronunciation: \er-ˈmē-shən-, ˌhər-ˈmi-shən-\

Function: noun

Etymology: Charles Hermite †1901 French mathematician

Date: 1935

: a square matrix having the property that each pair of elements in the ith row and jth column and in the jth row and ith column are conjugate complex numbers