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Numerous things are named after the French mathematician
Charles Hermite (1822–1901):
Hermite
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Cubic Hermite spline, a type of third-degree spline
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Gauss–Hermite quadrature, an extension of
Gaussian quadrature method
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Hermite class
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Hermite differential equation
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Hermite distribution, a parametrized family of discrete probability distributions
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Hermite–Lindemann theorem, theorem about transcendental numbers
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Hermite constant, a constant related to the geometry of certain
lattices
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Hermite-Gaussian modes
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Hermite–Hadamard inequality on convex functions and their integrals
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Hermite interpolation, a method of interpolating data points by a polynomial
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Hermite–Kronecker–Brioschi characterization
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Hermite–Minkowski theorem, stating that only finitely many number fields have small discriminants
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Hermite normal form, a form of row-reduced matrices
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Hermite numbers, integers related to the Hermite polynomials
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Hermite polynomials, a sequence of polynomials orthogonal with respect to the
normal distribution
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Hermite reciprocity, a
reciprocity law concerning covariants of binary forms
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Hermite ring, a
ring over which every stably free module is free of unique rank
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Hermite-Sobolev spaces
Hermite's
Hermitian
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Einstein–Hermitian vector bundle
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Hermitian adjoint
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Hermitian connection, the unique connection on a Hermitian manifold that satisfies specific conditions
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Hermitian form, a specific sesquilinear form
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Hermitian function, a complex function whose complex conjugate is equal to the original function with the variable changed in sign
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Hermitian manifold/structure
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Hermitian metric, is a smoothly varying positive-definite Hermitian form on each fiber of a complex vector bundle
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Hermitian matrix, a square matrix with complex entries that is equal to its own conjugate transpose
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Hermitian operator, an operator (sometimes a symmetric operator, sometimes a symmetric densely defined operator, sometimes a
self-adjoint operator)
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Hermitian polynomials, a classical orthogonal polynomial sequence that arise in probability
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Hermitian symmetric space, a Kähler manifold which, as a Riemannian manifold, is a Riemannian symmetric space
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Hermitian transpose, the transpose of a matrix and with the complex conjugate of each entry
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Hermitian variety, a generalisation of quadrics
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Hermitian wavelet, a family of continuous wavelets
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Non-Hermitian quantum mechanics
Astronomical objects