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  2. Compatibility (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Compatibility is the study of the conditions under which such a displacement field can be guaranteed. Compatibility conditions are particular cases of integrability conditions and were first derived for linear elasticity by Barré de Saint-Venant in 1864 and proved rigorously by Beltrami in 1886.

  3. Complementarity (physics) - Wikipedia

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    In physics, complementarity is a conceptual aspect of quantum mechanics that Niels Bohr regarded as an essential feature of the theory. [1] [2] The complementarity principle holds that certain pairs of complementary properties cannot all be observed or measured simultaneously. For example, position and momentum or wave and particle properties.

  4. Complementary experiments - Wikipedia

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    Scattering experiments are sometimes also called complementary when they investigate the same physical property of a system from two complementary view points in the sense of Bohr. For example, time-resolved and energy-resolved experiments are said to be complementary. [3] The former uses a pulse which is well-defined in time.

  5. Virtual work - Wikipedia

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    The two important examples are (i) the internal forces in a rigid body, and (ii) the constraint forces at an ideal joint. Lanczos [1] presents this as the postulate: "The virtual work of the forces of reaction is always zero for any virtual displacement which is in harmony with the given kinematic constraints." The argument is as follows.

  6. Quantum materials - Wikipedia

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    Quantum materials is a label that has come to signify the area of condensed-matter physics formerly known as strongly correlated electronic systems. Although the field is broad, a unifying theme is the discovery and investigation of materials whose electronic properties cannot be understood with concepts from contemporary condensed-matter ...

  7. Complete set of commuting observables - Wikipedia

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    For example, the eigenstate of ^ corresponding to the eigenvalue can be labelled as | . Such an observable is itself a self-sufficient CSCO. Such an observable is itself a self-sufficient CSCO. However, if some of the eigenvalues of a n {\displaystyle a_{n}} are degenerate (such as having degenerate energy levels ), then the above result no ...

  8. Homogeneity (physics) - Wikipedia

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    In physics, a homogeneous material or system has the same properties at every point; it is uniform without irregularities. [1] [2] A uniform electric field (which has the same strength and the same direction at each point) would be compatible with homogeneity (all points experience the same physics).

  9. Consistent histories - Wikipedia

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    An example is the logical OR of two homogeneous histories: . These propositions can correspond to any set of questions that include all possibilities. Examples might be the three propositions meaning "the electron went through the left slit", "the electron went through the right slit" and "the electron didn't go through either slit".