English Explanatory Dictionary

Pauli matrix

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Pauli matrix Pauli matrixes Pauli matrices

Etymology

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

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