for any complex number <math>b</math> and real numbers <math>a</math> and <math>c</math>. In the case where all elements of the matrix are real, a Hermitian matrix becomes symmetric (as Hermitian conjugation then becomes equivalent to transposition).
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for any complex number <math>b</math> and any real numbers <math>a</math> and <math>c</math>. In the case where all elements of the matrix are real, a Hermitian matrix becomes symmetric (as Hermitian conjugation then becomes equivalent to transposition).