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Hermitian operators are equal to their own conjugate transpose, have real eigenvalues, and represent observables in quantum mechanics. Unitary operators, on the other hand, have their conjugate transpose equal to their inverse, with eigenvalues lying on the unit circle, and represent time evolution and quantum gates. Both types of operators are diagonalizable with an orthonormal basis, but only unitary operators preserve norms.

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Puja Padiya

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