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Fock matrix

Fock matrix noun: in the Hartree-Fock method of quantum mechanics, a matrix approximating the single-electron energy operator of a given quantum system in a given set of basis vectors.

Noun

Fock matrix (plural Fock matrixes or Fock matrices)

  1. (quantum mechanics) In the Hartree-Fock method of quantum mechanics, a matrix approximating the single-electron energy operator of a given quantum system in a given set of basis vectors.

Forms of Fock matrix

pluralFock matrixes
pluralFock matrices

Questions about Fock matrix

What does Fock matrix mean?
Fock matrix means in the Hartree-Fock method of quantum mechanics, a matrix approximating the single-electron energy operator of a given quantum system in a given set of basis vectors.
What part of speech is Fock matrix?
Fock matrix is a noun.
What is the plural of Fock matrix?
The plural of Fock matrix is Fock matrixes.

Words near Fock matrix in the dictionary

  1. focimeter
  2. focimeters
  3. focimetry
  4. fock
  5. Fock matrices
  6. Fock matrix
  7. Fock matrixes
  8. Fock space
  9. Fock spaces
  10. Fock state
  11. Fock states

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