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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, an <a href="page.php?w=Element_%28mathematics%29">element</a> of a <a href="page.php?w=%2A-algebra">*-algebra</a> is called <b>self-adjoint</b> if it is the same as its <a href="page.php?w=Adjoint_operator">adjoint</a> (i.e. ).</p>

<p><big> Definition </big></p>
<p>Let  be a *-algebra. An element  is called self-adjoint if <math>a = a^*</math>.{{sfn}}</p>

<p>The <a href="page.php?w=Set_%28mathematics%29">set</a> of self-adjoint elements is referred to as <math>\mathcal{A{sa}</math>.}}</p>

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