Unitary matrices

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A unitary matrix is a complex matrix satisfying the condition

where is the identity matrix and is the conjugate transpose (also called the Hermitian adjoint) of . Note this condition says that a matrix is unitary if and only if it has an inverse which is equal to its conjugate transpose

A unitary matrix in which all entries are real is called an orthogonal matrix.

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