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What is a complex inner product space "really"?

This is a purely algebraic answer, so maybe not what you're looking for. What would an inner product on a left $A$-module $M$ over a noncommutative algebra $A$ be? It should give a map $M \to M^*$ wh …
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Why do inner products require conjugation?

Bi- (or sesqui-) linear forms are nicer if they're nondegenerate. But they can always be restricted to subspaces. So, they're even nicer if they're nondegenerate on all subspaces. For symmetric forms …
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