Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pauli matrix

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: pauli -ma-trix
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any one of three complex matrices that arise in Wolfgang Pauli's treatment of spin in quantum mechanics.

Example Sentences

"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."
"The first Pauli matrix is like a reflection about the "y=x" line. The third Pauli matrix is like a reflection about the "x axis". The second Pauli matrix is like a 90° counterclockwise rotation and scalar multiplication by the imaginary unit (which rotates the two complex components by 90° counterclockwise in their own "phasor spaces", as it were)."
"The eigenspinors are eigenvectors of the Pauli matrices in the case of a single spin 1/2 particle. —Wikipedia"

Etymology

Named after Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (1900–1958), Austrian theoretical physicist.

Inflected Forms

Pauli matrixes (plural) Pauli matrices (plural)

Questions

What does pauli matrix mean?: Any one of three complex matrices that arise in Wolfgang Pauli's treatment of spin in quantum mechanics.
Where does pauli matrix come from?: Named after Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (1900–1958), Austrian theoretical physicist.

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