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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Observable - Wikipedia

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    For example, momentum along say the and axis are compatible. Observables corresponding to non-commuting operators are called incompatible observables or complementary variables . For example, the position and momentum along the same axis are incompatible.

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. 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 ...

  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. 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.