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Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, Michael A. Nielsen & Isaac L. Chuang

2.1 Linear algebra

Notation Description
$z^*$ Complex conjugate of the complex number $z$.
$(1+i)^*=1-i$
$\vert\psi\rangle$ Column vector. Also known as a ket
$\langle\psi\vert$ Row vector dual to $\vert\psi\rangle$. Also known as bra
$\langle \varphi\vert\psi\rangle$ Inner product between the vectors $\vert\varphi\rangle$ and $\vert\psi\rangle$
$\vert\varphi\rangle \otimes\vert\psi\rangle$ Tensor product of $\vert\varphi\rangle$ and $\vert\psi\rangle$
$A^*$ Complex conjugate of the $A$ matrix
$A^T$ Transpose of the $A$ matrix
$A^\dagger$ Hermitian conjugate or adjoint of the $A$ matrix, $A^\dagger=(A^T)^*$. $\left[\begin{matrix}a & b\ c & d\end{matrix}\right]^\dagger = \left[\begin{matrix} a^* & c^*\\b^* & d^*\end{matrix}\right]$
$\langle \varphi\vert A\vert\psi \rangle$ Inner product between $\vert\varphi\rangle$ and $A\vert\psi\rangle$.
Equivalently, inner product between $A^\dagger\vert\varphi\rangle$ and $\vert\psi\rangle$.
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