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Pauli matrices

Pauli matrices is the plural of Pauli matrix.

Meaning of Pauli matrix

Noun

Pauli matrix (plural Pauli matrixes or Pauli matrices)

  1. Any one of three complex matrices that arise in Wolfgang Pauli's treatment of spin in quantum mechanics.
    • The Pauli matrices satisfy the equation #92;sigma#95;1²#61;#92;sigma#95;2²#61;#92;sigma#95;3²#61;-i#92;sigma#95;1#92;sigma#95;2#92;sigma#95;3#61;I which is reminiscent of Hamilton's fundamental formula for quaternion multiplication.

Questions about Pauli matrices

What is Pauli matrices the plural of?
Pauli matrices is the plural of Pauli matrix.

Words near Pauli matrices in the dictionary

  1. Pauletto
  2. Pauley
  3. Pauli
  4. Pauli effect
  5. Pauli exclusion principle
  6. Pauli matrices
  7. Pauli matrix
  8. Pauli matrixes
  9. Pauli vector
  10. Pauli vectors
  11. Pauli-Lubanski pseudovector

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