diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/DenseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/DenseVector.cs
index 2bfd369b..4c827b26 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/DenseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/DenseVector.cs
@@ -434,14 +434,33 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">The other vector to add.</param>
-        /// <returns>s
-        /// The result of the addition.</returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override Complex DoDotProduct(Vector<Complex> other)
         {
             var denseVector = other as DenseVector;
+            return denseVector == null
+                ? base.DoDotProduct(other)
+                : Control.LinearAlgebraProvider.DotProduct(_values, denseVector.Values);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Computes the dot product between the conjugate of this vector and another vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of conj(a[i])*b[i] for all i.</returns>
+        protected override Complex DoConjugateDotProduct(Vector<Complex> other)
+        {
+            var denseVector = other as DenseVector;
+            if (denseVector == null) return base.DoConjugateDotProduct(other);
 
-            return denseVector == null ? base.DoDotProduct(other) : Control.LinearAlgebraProvider.DotProduct(_values, denseVector.Values);
+            // TODO: provide native zdotc routine
+            var dot = Complex.Zero;
+            for (var i = 0; i < _values.Length; i++)
+            {
+                dot += _values[i].Conjugate()*denseVector._values[i];
+            }
+            return dot;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/SparseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/SparseVector.cs
index 9f90530e..89960c70 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/SparseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/SparseVector.cs
@@ -540,16 +540,11 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">
-        /// The other vector to add.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>s
-        /// The result of the addition.
-        /// </returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override Complex DoDotProduct(Vector<Complex> other)
         {
             var result = Complex.Zero;
-
             if (ReferenceEquals(this, other))
             {
                 for (var i = 0; i < _storage.ValueCount; i++)
@@ -564,7 +559,31 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex
                     result += _storage.Values[i] * other.At(_storage.Indices[i]);
                 }
             }
+            return result;
+        }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Computes the dot product between the conjugate of this vector and another vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of conj(a[i])*b[i] for all i.</returns>
+        protected override Complex DoConjugateDotProduct(Vector<Complex> other)
+        {
+            var result = Complex.Zero;
+            if (ReferenceEquals(this, other))
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < _storage.ValueCount; i++)
+                {
+                    result += _storage.Values[i].Conjugate() * _storage.Values[i];
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < _storage.ValueCount; i++)
+                {
+                    result += _storage.Values[i].Conjugate() * other.At(_storage.Indices[i]);
+                }
+            }
             return result;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/Vector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/Vector.cs
index 40320362..065a15ec 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/Vector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/Vector.cs
@@ -203,21 +203,30 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">
-        /// The other vector to add.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>
-        /// The result of the addition.
-        /// </returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override Complex DoDotProduct(Vector<Complex> other)
         {
             var dot = Complex.Zero;
-
             for (var i = 0; i < Count; i++)
             {
                 dot += At(i) * other.At(i);
             }
+            return dot;
+        }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Computes the dot product between the conjugate of this vector and another vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of conj(a[i])*b[i] for all i.</returns>
+        protected override Complex DoConjugateDotProduct(Vector<Complex> other)
+        {
+            var dot = Complex.Zero;
+            for (var i = 0; i < Count; i++)
+            {
+                dot += At(i).Conjugate() * other.At(i);
+            }
             return dot;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/DenseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/DenseVector.cs
index bfe21643..ca651380 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/DenseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/DenseVector.cs
@@ -429,14 +429,33 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex32
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">The other vector to add.</param>
-        /// <returns>s
-        /// The result of the addition.</returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override Complex32 DoDotProduct(Vector<Complex32> other)
         {
             var denseVector = other as DenseVector;
+            return denseVector == null
+                ? base.DoDotProduct(other)
+                : Control.LinearAlgebraProvider.DotProduct(_values, denseVector.Values);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Computes the dot product between the conjugate of this vector and another vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of conj(a[i])*b[i] for all i.</returns>
+        protected override Complex32 DoConjugateDotProduct(Vector<Complex32> other)
+        {
+            var denseVector = other as DenseVector;
+            if (denseVector == null) return base.DoConjugateDotProduct(other);
 
-            return denseVector == null ? base.DoDotProduct(other) : Control.LinearAlgebraProvider.DotProduct(_values, denseVector.Values);
+            // TODO: provide native cdotc routine
+            var dot = Complex32.Zero;
+            for (var i = 0; i < _values.Length; i++)
+            {
+                dot += _values[i].Conjugate() * denseVector._values[i];
+            }
+            return dot;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/SparseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/SparseVector.cs
index dc84be28..4e200f62 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/SparseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/SparseVector.cs
@@ -535,16 +535,11 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex32
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">
-        /// The other vector to add.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>s
-        /// The result of the addition.
-        /// </returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override Complex32 DoDotProduct(Vector<Complex32> other)
         {
             var result = Complex32.Zero;
-
             if (ReferenceEquals(this, other))
             {
                 for (var i = 0; i < _storage.ValueCount; i++)
@@ -559,7 +554,31 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex32
                     result += _storage.Values[i] * other.At(_storage.Indices[i]);
                 }
             }
+            return result;
+        }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Computes the dot product between the conjugate of this vector and another vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of conj(a[i])*b[i] for all i.</returns>
+        protected override Complex32 DoConjugateDotProduct(Vector<Complex32> other)
+        {
+            var result = Complex32.Zero;
+            if (ReferenceEquals(this, other))
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < _storage.ValueCount; i++)
+                {
+                    result += _storage.Values[i].Conjugate() * _storage.Values[i];
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < _storage.ValueCount; i++)
+                {
+                    result += _storage.Values[i].Conjugate() * other.At(_storage.Indices[i]);
+                }
+            }
             return result;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/Vector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/Vector.cs
index b39d6c3c..a50fb1d2 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/Vector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/Vector.cs
@@ -198,21 +198,30 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex32
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">
-        /// The other vector to add.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>s
-        /// The result of the addition.
-        /// </returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override Complex32 DoDotProduct(Vector<Complex32> other)
         {
             var dot = Complex32.Zero;
-
             for (var i = 0; i < Count; i++)
             {
                 dot += At(i) * other.At(i);
             }
+            return dot;
+        }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Computes the dot product between the conjugate of this vector and another vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of conj(a[i])*b[i] for all i.</returns>
+        protected override Complex32 DoConjugateDotProduct(Vector<Complex32> other)
+        {
+            var dot = Complex32.Zero;
+            for (var i = 0; i < Count; i++)
+            {
+                dot += At(i).Conjugate() * other.At(i);
+            }
             return dot;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/DenseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/DenseVector.cs
index 283fc212..0afd2d49 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/DenseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/DenseVector.cs
@@ -440,14 +440,14 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Double
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">The other vector to add.</param>
-        /// <returns>s
-        /// The result of the addition.</returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override double DoDotProduct(Vector<double> other)
         {
             var denseVector = other as DenseVector;
-
-            return denseVector == null ? base.DoDotProduct(other) : Control.LinearAlgebraProvider.DotProduct(_values, denseVector.Values);
+            return denseVector == null
+                ? base.DoDotProduct(other)
+                : Control.LinearAlgebraProvider.DotProduct(_values, denseVector.Values);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/SparseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/SparseVector.cs
index 715f2f87..ea8a6e3c 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/SparseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/SparseVector.cs
@@ -497,16 +497,11 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Double
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">
-        /// The other vector to add.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>s
-        /// The result of the addition.
-        /// </returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override double DoDotProduct(Vector<double> other)
         {
-            var result = 0.0;
-
+            var result = 0d;
             if (ReferenceEquals(this, other))
             {
                 for (var i = 0; i < _storage.ValueCount; i++)
@@ -521,7 +516,6 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Double
                     result += _storage.Values[i] * other.At(_storage.Indices[i]);
                 }
             }
-
             return result;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/Vector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/Vector.cs
index 4de80d00..2b78436a 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/Vector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/Vector.cs
@@ -200,21 +200,15 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Double
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">
-        /// The other vector to add.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>s
-        /// The result of the addition.
-        /// </returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override double DoDotProduct(Vector<double> other)
         {
             var dot = 0.0;
-
             for (var i = 0; i < Count; i++)
             {
                 dot += At(i) * other.At(i);
             }
-
             return dot;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Vector.Arithmetic.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Vector.Arithmetic.cs
index d4033f30..6054a8c0 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Vector.Arithmetic.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Vector.Arithmetic.cs
@@ -96,10 +96,20 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Generic
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">The other vector to add.</param>
-        /// <returns>The result of the addition.</returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected abstract T DoDotProduct(Vector<T> other);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Computes the dot product between the conjugate of this vector and another vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of conj(a[i])*b[i] for all i.</returns>
+        protected virtual T DoConjugateDotProduct(Vector<T> other)
+        {
+            return DoDotProduct(other);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Divides each element of the vector by a scalar and stores the result in the result vector.
         /// </summary>
@@ -502,25 +512,33 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Generic
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">The other vector to add.</param>
-        /// <returns>The result of the addition.</returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">If <paramref name="other"/> is not of the same size.</exception>
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If <paramref name="other"/> is <see langword="null"/>.</exception>
         public T DotProduct(Vector<T> other)
         {
-            if (other == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException("other");
-            }
-
-            if (Count != other.Count)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException(Resources.ArgumentVectorsSameLength, "other");
-            }
+            if (other == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("other");
+            if (Count != other.Count) throw new ArgumentException(Resources.ArgumentVectorsSameLength, "other");
 
             return DoDotProduct(other);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Computes the dot product between the conjugate of this vector and another vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of conj(a[i])*b[i] for all i.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">If <paramref name="other"/> is not of the same size.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If <paramref name="other"/> is <see langword="null"/>.</exception>
+        public T ConjugateDotProduct(Vector<T> other)
+        {
+            if (other == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("other");
+            if (Count != other.Count) throw new ArgumentException(Resources.ArgumentVectorsSameLength, "other");
+
+            return DoConjugateDotProduct(other);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Divides each element of the vector by a scalar.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/DenseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/DenseVector.cs
index 7186ace8..fc9a2969 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/DenseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/DenseVector.cs
@@ -429,14 +429,14 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Single
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">The other vector to add.</param>
-        /// <returns>s
-        /// The result of the addition.</returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override float DoDotProduct(Vector<float> other)
         {
             var denseVector = other as DenseVector;
-
-            return denseVector == null ? base.DoDotProduct(other) : Control.LinearAlgebraProvider.DotProduct(_values, denseVector.Values);
+            return denseVector == null
+                ? base.DoDotProduct(other)
+                : Control.LinearAlgebraProvider.DotProduct(_values, denseVector.Values);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/SparseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/SparseVector.cs
index 33b10c2e..9c1db4b9 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/SparseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/SparseVector.cs
@@ -498,16 +498,11 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Single
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">
-        /// The other vector to add.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>s
-        /// The result of the addition.
-        /// </returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override float DoDotProduct(Vector<float> other)
         {
-            var result = 0.0f;
-
+            var result = 0f;
             if (ReferenceEquals(this, other))
             {
                 for (var i = 0; i < _storage.ValueCount; i++)
@@ -522,7 +517,6 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Single
                     result += _storage.Values[i] * other.At(_storage.Indices[i]);
                 }
             }
-
             return result;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/Vector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/Vector.cs
index 1199d759..58012194 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/Vector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/Vector.cs
@@ -200,21 +200,15 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Single
         /// <summary>
         /// Computes the dot product between this vector and another vector.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="other">
-        /// The other vector to add.
-        /// </param>
-        /// <returns>s
-        /// The result of the addition.
-        /// </returns>
+        /// <param name="other">The other vector.</param>
+        /// <returns>The sum of a[i]*b[i] for all i.</returns>
         protected override float DoDotProduct(Vector<float> other)
         {
             var dot = 0.0f;
-
             for (var i = 0; i < Count; i++)
             {
                 dot += At(i) * other.At(i);
             }
-
             return dot;
         }