Every bounded operator acting on a Hilbert space has a decomposition , where and is a partial isometry. This decomposition is called polar decomposition. If is invertible, then can be chosen to be unitary.
Polar Decomposition
This entry contributed by Mohammad Sal Moslehian
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References
Murphy, G. J. C-*-Algebras and Operator Theory. New York: Academic Press, 1990.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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