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    Bryce Seligman DeWitt (born Carl Bryce Seligman; January 8, 1923 – September 23, 2004) was an American theoretical physicist noted for his work in gravitation...
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    Wheeler–DeWitt equation for theoretical physics and applied mathematics, is a field equation attributed to John Archibald Wheeler and Bryce DeWitt. The equation...
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    DeWitt-Morette participated in a Quantum Gravity Seminar in Moscow together with her husband. Bryce DeWitt died in 2004 from cancer. In 2007, DeWitt-Morette...
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    interpretation, after physicist Hugh Everett, who first proposed it in 1957. Bryce DeWitt popularized the formulation and named it many-worlds in the 1970s. In...
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  • develop the Barrett–Crane model of quantum gravity. Bryce DeWitt: formulated the Wheeler–DeWitt equation for the wavefunction of the Universe with John...
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  • point x of the manifold M are φα(x). In the DeWitt notation (named after theoretical physicist Bryce DeWitt), φα(x) is written as φi where i is now understood...
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  • at DBS, where he primarily worked for the rest of his life. In 1970 Bryce DeWitt wrote an article for Physics Today on Everett's relative-state theory...
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    Einstein's general theory of relativity. The basic theory was outlined by Bryce DeWitt[1] in a seminal 1967 paper, and based on earlier work by Peter G. Bergmann[2]...
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  • 1999. As of 2013, the prize is valued at $10,000. The 2005 prize for Bryce DeWitt was announced shortly before his death, and awarded posthumously. Albert...
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  • DeWitt or Dewitt is a concatenated primarily American form of the Dutch surname De Witt or De Wit, both meaning "the white (one)", "the blond (one)"....
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    Weinberg in 1962, while the non-perturbative definition was introduced by Bryce DeWitt in 1963 and independently by Giovanni Jona-Lasinio in 1964. The article...
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  • around a black hole. Shortly after, Bryce DeWitt proposed a simplification of the model, giving rise to the Unruh-DeWitt detector model. Beyond their applications...
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  • Bryce Dessner (born 1976), American composer Bryce DeWitt (1923–2004), American physicist Bryce Douvier (born 1991), Austrian basketball player Bryce...
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    Quantum mechanics (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    University. Everett, Hugh; Wheeler, J. A.; DeWitt, B. S.; Cooper, L. N.; Van Vechten, D.; Graham, N. (1973). DeWitt, Bryce; Graham, R. Neill (eds.). The Many-Worlds...
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  • quantum gravity, in particular from the work of Bryce DeWitt in the 1960s:, which resulted in the Wheeler–DeWitt equation. "Other times are just special cases...
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  • quantum mechanics would appear in measurements, a work later extended by Bryce DeWitt. However, proponents of the Everettian program have not yet reached a...
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  • concepts in the story and the many-worlds interpretation in physics by Bryce DeWitt in his preface to "The Many World Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics"...
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  • Texas at Austin, with a Doctor of Philosophy under the direction of Bryce DeWitt. After a post-doctoral period at Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton...
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    lecture hall at the École de Physique des Houches (Les Houches Physics School), 1972. From left, Yuval Ne'eman, Thorne Bryce DeWitt, Demetrios Christodoulou...
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    school was founded by Cécile DeWitt-Morette in 1951. She was 29 years old at the time, had married physicist Bryce DeWitt a week before, and was still...
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    Other notable award winners include Jacob Bekenstein, Sidney Coleman, Bryce DeWitt, Julian Schwinger (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1965), Martin Perl (Nobel...
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    Everett's "relative-state interpretation" through an article by Bryce DeWitt. (DeWitt was the one who termed Everett's proposal the many-worlds interpretation...
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  • Agnew Bahnson, contacted Dr. Bryce DeWitt with a proposal to fund the creation of a gravity research institute. DeWitt had won the first prize for the...
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  • leader in the application of modern geometrical ideas in field theory." Bryce DeWitt "his fundamental contributions to the study of classical and quantum...
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  • quantum mechanics. The main character is named Booker Dewitt, an homage to physicist Bryce DeWitt. The 2018 fighting game BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle brings...
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  • predates modern decoherence theory, fits squarely within its approach. Bryce DeWitt points to the dramatic mass difference between the alpha particle and...
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  • Chapter 1) Rogers, Op. Cit. (See Chapter 8.) supermanifold at the nLab Bryce DeWitt, Supermanifolds, (1984) Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521 42377 5...
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  • the Wayback Machine" (1982) D. Reidel Publishing (See theorem 6.2.5) Bryce DeWitt, Supermanifolds, (1984) Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521 42377 5...
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  • early 1970s, largely due to the work of Ludwig D. Faddeev, Victor Popov, Bryce DeWitt, and Gerardus 't Hooft. However, they remained very difficult to work...
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    Schwinger, J. (1982). "Quantum Electrodynamics-An Individual View". Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 43 (C-8): 409. Bibcode:1982JPhys..43C.409S. doi:10.1051/jphyscol:1982826...
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