In linear algebra, the Gramian matrix (or Gram matrix or Gramian) of a set of vectors in an inner product space is the Hermitian matrix of inner products, whose entries are given by .
An important application is to compute linear independence: a set of vectors is linearly independent if and only if the Gram determinant (the determinant of the Gram matrix) is non-zero.
It is named after Jørgen Pedersen Gram.
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