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The Unitary Group#

Theorem: The Unitary Group

Let \((V, \langle \cdot, \cdot \rangle)\) be a finite-dimensional complex inner product space.

The set of all unitary transformations \(f: V \to V\) is a subgroup of the general linear group.

Definition: The Unitary Group

We call this subgroup the unitary group.

Notation

We denote the unitary group on \(V\) as \(U(V)\). When \(V\) is the complex vector space \(\mathbb{C}^n\), we also write \(U(n, \mathbb{C})\).

Proof

TODO