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José Hdz. Stgo.
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Is Hessian operator self-adjoint on infinite dimensional environment?

As we know that Hessian matrix is symmetric on a finite dimensional environment. What about the Hessian operator $D^2F$ for a functional $F:H\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, where $H$ is a Hilbert space and $D$ is the Fréchet derivative?

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