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Adjoint vs Adjointness - What's the difference?

adjoint | adjointness |

As nouns the difference between adjoint and adjointness

is that adjoint is (mathematics) a matrix in which each element is the cofactor of an associated element of another matrix while adjointness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being adjoint.

As an adjective adjoint

is (mathematics) used in several situations with a meaning similar to helping.

adjoint

English

(wikipedia adjoint)

Adjective

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  • (mathematics) used in several situations with a meaning similar to helping

    • Derived terms

    () * adjoint matrix * adjoint operator * adjoint functor * coadjoint * self-adjoint

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A matrix in which each element is the cofactor of an associated element of another matrix.
  • (geometry) A curve such that any point of another curve C'' of multiplicity ''r'' has multiplicity at least ''r''–1 on the adjoint. Sometimes the multiple points of ''C are required to be ordinary, and if this condition is not satisfied the term "sub-adjoint" is used.
  • An assistant mayor of a French commune.

    • Derived terms

    () * biadjoint

    References

    * MathWorld ----

    adjointness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being adjoint.
  • (countable) The result or product of being adjoint.