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Linear operators

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linear map
mapping that preserves the operations of addition and scalar multiplication
rotation
congruent transformation of a geometric space that preserves at least one point
reflection
mapping from a Euclidean space to itself that is an isometry with a hyperplane as a set of fixed points
projection
linear transformation that, when applied multiple times to any value, gives the same result as if it were applied once
linear functional
linear mapping from a vector space into its field of scalars
unitary operator
surjective bounded operator on a Hilbert space preserving the inner product
compact operator
type of continuous linear operator
bounded operator
linear transformation L between normed vector spaces X and Y for which the ratio of the norm of L(v) to that of v is bounded by the same number, over all non-zero vectors v in X
normal operator
(on a complex Hilbert space) continuous linear operator
self-adjoint operator
densely defined operator on a Hilbert space whose domain coincides with that of its adjoint and which equals its adjoint; symmetric operator whose adjoint's domain equals its own domain
closed operator
linear operator whose graph is closed
Fredholm operator
bounded operator with kernel and cokernel both having finite dimension
trace class operator
compact operator for which a finite trace can be defined
Hilbert–Schmidt operator
nuclear operator of order 2; a bounded operator A on a Hilbert space H such that tr(A*A) is finite
operational calculus
technique to solve differential equations
continuous linear operator
Function between topological vector spaces
semilinear map
homomorphism between modules, paired with the associated homomorphism between the respective base rings
unbounded operator
linear operator defined on a dense linear subspace
Toeplitz operator
compression of a multiplication operator on the circle to the Hardy space
nuclear operator
operators on Banach spaces with properties similar to finite-dimensional operators