Unitary Matrices and Hermitian Matrices Recall that the conjugate of a complex number a + bi is a − bi. The conjugate of a + bi is denoted a+ bi or (a+ bi)∗. In this section, I’ll use ( ) for complex conjugation of numbers of matrices. I want to use ( )∗ to denote an operation on matrices, the conjugate transpose. Thus, 3 + 4i = 3− 4i, 5− 6i = 5 + 6i, 7i = −7i, 10 = 10. Complex conjugation sati...