Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hofstadter's butterfly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: hof-s-tadter's but-ter-fly
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A graph of the spectral properties of non-interacting two-dimensional electrons in a perpendicular magnetic field in a lattice.

Etymology

The fractal nature of the spectrum was discovered in 1976 by Douglas Hofstadter.

Inflected Forms

Hofstadter's butterflies (plural) Hofstadter butterfly (alternative)

Questions

What does hofstadter's butterfly mean?: A graph of the spectral properties of non-interacting two-dimensional electrons in a perpendicular magnetic field in a lattice.
Where does hofstadter's butterfly come from?: The fractal nature of the spectrum was discovered in 1976 by Douglas Hofstadter.

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