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Pauli matrixes

Pauli matrixes 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 matrixes

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

Words near Pauli matrixes in the dictionary

  1. Pauli
  2. Pauli effect
  3. Pauli exclusion principle
  4. Pauli matrices
  5. Pauli matrix
  6. Pauli matrixes
  7. Pauli vector
  8. Pauli vectors
  9. Pauli-Lubanski pseudovector
  10. Paulian
  11. Paulian's trident bat

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