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• wave function

語源

From wave +‎ function.

発音

• IPA: /ˈweɪv.fʌŋ(k).ʃən/

名詞

wavefunction (plural wavefunctions)

1. (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
   • 2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum World, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 41:

     The interpretation of the wavefunction was one of the thorny issues facing the early pioneers of quantum theory.

上位語

• function

下位語

派生語

参考

• Hilbert space
• orbital
• quantum mechanics