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A raised star marking a conjugate transpose or dual.
Also known as: Conjugate transpose, Hermitian adjoint, Dagger operator
A raised star after a matrix or operator marks its adjoint — the conjugate transpose. A dagger does the same job in physics, and a plain superscript T marks a transpose without conjugation, so three superscripts distinguish three related operations.
Marks the adjoint of an operator or the conjugate transpose of a matrix.
Contexts: Mathematics
Is written as a dagger rather than a star in most physics texts, with the same meaning.
Contexts: Mathematics
Differs from a plain superscript T, which transposes without conjugating and gives a different result for complex entries.
Contexts: Mathematics
A small star of radiating strokes set as a superscript immediately after a capital letter.