sesquilinear
Linear in one coordinate and conjugate linear in the other(of a map of a complex vector space) Linear in one coordinate and conjugate linear in the other
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)(of a map of a complex vector space) Linear in one coordinate and conjugate linear in the other
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From sesqui- (“one and a half”) + linear; “conjugate linear” being considered metaphoricalFrom sesqui- (“one and a half”) + linear; “conjugate linear” being considered metaphorically “half linear”, hence one and a half times linear, as opposed to bilinear (“linear in both variables”).
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