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Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture

Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture proper noun: a conjecture within holography that posits a quantitative relationship between the entanglement entropy of a conformal field theory and the geometry of an associated anti-de Sitter spacetime.

Proper noun

the Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture

  1. A conjecture within holography that posits a quantitative relationship between the entanglement entropy of a conformal field theory and the geometry of an associated anti-de Sitter spacetime.

Origin of Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture

Named after Shinsei Ryu and Tadashi Takayanagi, who jointly published the result in 2006.

Questions about Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture

What does Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture mean?
Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture means a conjecture within holography that posits a quantitative relationship between the entanglement entropy of a conformal field theory and the geometry of an associated anti-de Sitter spacetime.
What part of speech is Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture?
Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture is a proper noun.

Words near Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture in the dictionary

  1. rytinas
  2. Ryton
  3. Rytons
  4. RYTP
  5. ryu
  6. Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture
  7. Ryugu
  8. ryuha
  9. ryukin
  10. ryukins
  11. Ryukyu

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