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Wick rotation

Wick rotation noun: a method of finding a solution to a mathematical problem in Minkowski space from a solution to a related problem in Euclidean space by means of a transformation that substitutes an imaginary-number variable for a real-number variable.

Noun

Wick rotation (countable and uncountable, plural Wick rotations)

  1. A method of finding a solution to a mathematical problem in Minkowski space from a solution to a related problem in Euclidean space by means of a transformation that substitutes an imaginary-number variable for a real-number variable.

Forms of Wick rotation

pluralWick rotations

Origin of Wick rotation

Named after Gian-Carlo Wick.

Questions about Wick rotation

What does Wick rotation mean?
Wick rotation means a method of finding a solution to a mathematical problem in Minkowski space from a solution to a related problem in Euclidean space by means of a transformation that substitutes an imaginary-number variable for a real-number variable.
What part of speech is Wick rotation?
Wick rotation is a noun.
What is the plural of Wick rotation?
The plural of Wick rotation is Wick rotations.

Words near Wick rotation in the dictionary

  1. wick
  2. Wick and Abson
  3. wick effect
  4. wick effects
  5. Wick Hill
  6. Wick rotation
  7. Wick rotations
  8. Wick St Lawrence
  9. Wick's theorem
  10. wickable
  11. Wickam

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