Let $V$ be an inner product space and $T$ a linear operator with $T(\alpha) = (\alpha,\beta)\gamma$ for fixed elements $\beta,\gamma \in V$.
I now that $T$ is linear operator. How we can show that adjoint of $T$ ($T^*$) exist and what is it?
Let $V$ be an inner product space and $T$ a linear operator with $T(\alpha) = (\alpha,\beta)\gamma$ for fixed elements $\beta,\gamma \in V$.
I now that $T$ is linear operator. How we can show that adjoint of $T$ ($T^*$) exist and what is it?
By the very definition of $T^*$ we must have $$ (T\alpha, \delta) = (\alpha, T^*\delta), \qquad \alpha,\delta \in V $$ So, in our case \begin{align*} (\alpha, T^*\delta) &= (T\alpha, \delta)\\ &= \bigl((\alpha,\beta)\gamma, \delta\bigr)\\ &= (\alpha, \beta)(\gamma,\delta)\\ &= \bigl(\alpha, \overline{(\gamma,\delta)}\beta\bigr)\\ &= \bigl(\alpha, (\delta, \gamma)\beta\bigr) \end{align*} so $T^*\delta = (\delta, \gamma)\beta$, all $\delta \in V$.