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adjoint

/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɔɪnt/

adj

(mathematics) Used in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation).

The adjoint matrix of a square matrix A is denoted by A*.

意味（1）

(mathematics) Used in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation).

意味（2）

(mathematics, category theory, of a functor) That is related to another functor by an adjunction.

意味（3）

(geometry, of one curve to another curve) Having a relationship of the nature of an adjoint (adjoint curve); sharing multiple points with.

The sets A + A₀, B + B₀, together, form the complete intersection, with f = 0, of a composite adjoint curve of order m + k, consisting of the adjoint curve of order m through A + B, together with the non-adjoint curve ω = 0; and the set B + B₀ consists of p points, and lies on i + j adjoint φ-curves of f = 0.