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Hacky
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Very basic question but could someone briefly explain why the inner product for complex vector space involves the conjugate of the second vector. Of course if imaginary component is 0 then this reduces to dot product in real vector space. And I see that this definition makes sense to calculate "length" so that it is not a negative number. But is there another geometrical (using cosine?) or intuitively logical reason why the inner product is defined this way?
Thanks, Howard
Thanks, Howard