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Maximal normal operators1 constitute a generalization of selfadjoint (hermitian) operations. Vagely speaking they may be conceived as operators with mutually orthogonal eigenvectors, but with complex eigenvalues. Selfadjoint operators and unitary operators are particular cases of maximal normal operators.
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Nikodým, O.M. (1966). Maximal normal operator and its canonical representation. In: The Mathematical Apparatus for Quantum-Theories. Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 129. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46030-2_12
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