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    In mathematical analysis, the Dirac delta function (or δ distribution), also known as the unit impulse, is a generalized function on the real numbers...
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  • In particle physics, the Dirac equation is a relativistic wave equation derived by British physicist Paul Dirac in 1928. In its free form, or including...
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  • manifold M. If D 2 = Δ , {\displaystyle D^{2}=\Delta ,\,} where ∆ is the Laplacian of V, then D is called a Dirac operator. In high-energy physics, this requirement...
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    Fermi–Dirac statistics is a type of quantum statistics that applies to the physics of a system consisting of many non-interacting, identical particles...
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  • \left\{\gamma ^{0},\gamma ^{1},\gamma ^{2},\gamma ^{3}\right\}\ ,} also called the Dirac matrices, are a set of conventional matrices with specific anticommutation...
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  • T_{m}^{*}M\mid u\in \Delta (m),\,\alpha \in \Delta (m)^{\circ }\}} , then the union of these subspaces over m {\displaystyle m} forms a Dirac structure on M...
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    Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac OM FRS (/dɪˈræk/; 8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English mathematical and theoretical physicist who is considered to...
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  • The Kapitza–Dirac effect is a quantum mechanical effect consisting of the diffraction of matter by a standing wave of light, in complete analogy to the...
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  • (d-\delta )^{2}=\square } . The Dirac–Kähler equation is motivated by noting that this is also the property of the Dirac operator, yielding Dirac–Kähler...
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  • In quantum mechanics the delta potential is a potential well mathematically described by the Dirac delta function - a generalized function. Qualitatively...
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  • specifically in calculus The Kronecker delta in mathematics The degree of a vertex (graph theory) The Dirac delta function in mathematics The transition...
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    quantum electrodynamics (QED) and quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the two-body Dirac equations (TBDE) of constraint dynamics provide a three-dimensional yet...
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    because the divergence of the magnetic field is proportional to the Dirac delta function at the origin. We must define one set of functions for the vector...
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    In mathematical physics, the Dirac equation in curved spacetime is a generalization of the Dirac equation from flat spacetime (Minkowski space) to curved...
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  • ,: 112  the Dirac constant: 275  : 726  : xv  (or Dirac's constant: 148  : 604  : 313 ), the Dirac h {\textstyle h} : xviii  (or Dirac's h {\textstyle...
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    Schrödinger equation (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    is not square-integrable. Likewise a position eigenstate would be a Dirac delta distribution, not square-integrable and technically not a function at...
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  • the relativistic version is called the Lorentz–Dirac force or collectively known as Abraham–Lorentz–Dirac force. The equations are in the domain of classical...
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    where electrons are idealized as points with non-zero charge). The Dirac delta function, or δ function, is (informally) a generalized function on the...
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  • Bra–ket notation, also called Dirac notation, is a notation for linear algebra and linear operators on complex vector spaces together with their dual...
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  • is the study of Dirac operators, and Dirac type operators in analysis and geometry, together with their applications. Examples of Dirac type operators...
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  • Diproton Diquark Dirac Prize Dirac adjoint Dirac delta function Dirac equation Dirac equation in the algebra of physical space Dirac fermion Dirac large numbers...
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  • operator d + δ {\displaystyle \mathrm {d} +\delta } is the Hodge–Dirac operator. When computing the Laplace–de Rham operator on a scalar function f, we have...
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  • over a submanifold, generalizing the Dirac delta function, or more generally even directional derivatives of delta functions (multipoles) spread out along...
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    p. 129 Pauli 1927. Dirac 1928. Juvet, G. (1930). "Opérateurs de Dirac et équations de Maxwell". Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (in French). 2: 225–235...
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    t;x',t')=\delta (x-x')\delta (t-t'),} where Hx denotes the Hamiltonian written in terms of the x coordinates, δ(x) denotes the Dirac delta-function, Θ(t)...
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    entry "Boson" Notes on Dirac's lecture Developments in Atomic Theory at Le Palais de la Découverte, 6 December 1945. UKNATARCHI Dirac Papers. BW83/2/257889...
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  • _{k=-\infty }^{\infty }\delta (f-k/T).} In other words, the periodization of a Dirac delta δ , {\displaystyle \delta ,} resulting in a Dirac comb, corresponds...
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  • : X → P X {\displaystyle \delta :X\to PX} called the unit, which in this case assigns to each element of a space the Dirac measure over it; A natural...
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  • Castigliano's method (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    energy), i = 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 {\displaystyle i=0,1,2,3} , is the index of the Dirac delta (single force, i = 0 {\displaystyle i=0} ) and n = 1 , 2 , 3 {\displaystyle...
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  • Schwinger developed quantum action principles based on early work by Paul Dirac. Feynman's integral method was not a variational principle but reduces to...
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