Unitary may refer to:
Mathematics
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Unitary divisor
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Unitary element In mathematics, an element ''x'' of a *-algebra is unitary if it satisfies x^* = x^.
In functional analysis, a linear operator ''A'' from a Hilbert space into itself is called unitary if it is invertible and its inverse is equal to its own adjo ...
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Unitary group
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Unitary matrix
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Unitary morphism
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Unitary operator
In functional analysis, a unitary operator is a surjective bounded operator on a Hilbert space that preserves the inner product. Unitary operators are usually taken as operating ''on'' a Hilbert space, but the same notion serves to define the con ...
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Unitary transformation
In mathematics, a unitary transformation is a transformation that preserves the inner product: the inner product of two vectors before the transformation is equal to their inner product after the transformation.
Formal definition
More precisely, ...
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Unitary representation
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Unitarity (physics)
In quantum physics, unitarity is the condition that the time evolution of a quantum state according to the Schrödinger equation is mathematically represented by a unitary operator. This is typically taken as an axiom or basic postulate of quantu ...
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''E''-unitary inverse semigroup
Politics
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Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
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Unitary state
A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority. The central government may create (or abolish) administrative divisions (sub-national units). Such units exercise only th ...
See also
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Unital (disambiguation)
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Unitarianism
Unitarianism (from Latin ''unitas'' "unity, oneness", from ''unus'' "one") is a nontrinitarian branch of Christian theology. Most other branches of Christianity and the major Churches accept the doctrine of the Trinity which states that there i ...
, belief that God is one entity
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