Wigner's theorem, proved by Eugene Wigner in 1931, is a cornerstone of the mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics. The theorem specifies how physical...
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distribution Wigner's friend Wigner's theorem Wigner crystal Wigner D-matrix Wigner effect Wigner energy Wigner lattice Wigner's disease Wigner–Witmer correlation...
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The Wigner–Eckart theorem is a theorem of representation theory and quantum mechanics. It states that matrix elements of spherical tensor operators in...
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The Wigner–Araki–Yanase theorem, also known as the WAY theorem, is a result in quantum physics establishing that the presence of a conservation law limits...
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Antiunitary operator (section Decomposition of an antiunitary operator into a direct sum of elementary Wigner antiunitaries)
fundamental importance in quantum physics is further demonstrated by Wigner's theorem. In quantum mechanics, the invariance transformations of complex Hilbert...
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Wigner's friend is a thought experiment in theoretical quantum physics, first published by the Hungarian-American physicist Eugene Wigner in 1961, and...
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rule Probability axioms Quantum channel Stone's theorem on one-parameter unitary groups Wigner's theorem Ouellette, Jennifer. "Alice and Bob Meet the Wall...
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Neumann equation von Neumann extractor von Neumann-Wigner interpretation von Neumann–Wigner theorem von Neumann measurement scheme von Neumann mutual information...
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all zero if and only if the distribution is Wigner's semicircle distribution. Wigner surmise The Wigner semicircle distribution is the limit of the Kesten–McKay...
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symmetric tensors Wigner's classification – Classification of irreducible representations of the Poincaré group Representation theorem – Proof that every...
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\langle \Psi (a,L),\Phi (a,L)\rangle =\langle \Psi ,\Phi \rangle .} Wigner's theorem says that under these conditions, the transformation on the Hilbert...
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the result is a theorem of Bargmann. Fortunately, in the crucial case of the Poincaré group, Bargmann's theorem applies. (See Wigner's classification of...
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Ward–Takahashi identity Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory Wigner's classification Wigner's theorem Peskin, M.; Schroeder, D. (1995). An Introduction to Quantum...
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transform Autocorrelation Gabor–Wigner transform Modified Wigner distribution function Optical equivalence theorem Polynomial Wigner–Ville distribution Cohen's...
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maps. (Groenewold's theorem asserts that no such map can have all the ideal properties one would desire.) Regardless, the Weyl–Wigner transform is a well-defined...
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In mathematics and theoretical physics, Wigner's classification is a classification of the nonnegative ( E ≥ 0 ) {\displaystyle ~(~E\geq 0~)~}...
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of the rotation group". Rev. Mod. Phys. 34:829-45. 1964: "Note on Wigner’s theorem on symmetry operations". J. Math. Phys. 5:862-68. 1967: "On a Hilbert...
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Lie algebra extension (section Theorems)
used to define a so-called group extension Gex. In quantum mechanics, Wigner's theorem asserts that if G is a symmetry group, then it will be represented...
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theorem Wigner 3-j symbols Wigner's 6-j symbols Wigner's 9-j symbols Wigner–Araki–Yanase theorem Wigner–Yanase–Dyson conjecture Wigner–Eckart theorem...
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Antiunitary Orthogonal transformation Time reversal Unitary group Unitary operator Unitary matrix Wigner's theorem Unitary transformations in quantum mechanics...
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The Ehrenfest theorem, named after Austrian theoretical physicist Paul Ehrenfest, relates the time derivative of the expectation values of the position...
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The Wigner quasiprobability distribution (also called the Wigner function or the Wigner–Ville distribution, after Eugene Wigner and Jean-André Ville)...
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In physics, the no-cloning theorem states that it is impossible to create an independent and identical copy of an arbitrary unknown quantum state, a statement...
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In quantum mechanics, Kramers' theorem or Kramers' degeneracy theorem states that for every energy eigenstate of a time-reversal symmetric system with...
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Hilbert space of quantum states unitarily or antiunitarily due to Wigner's theorem (supersymmetry is another matter entirely). Density operators are those...
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Wick's theorem is a method of reducing high-order derivatives to a combinatorics problem. It is named after Italian physicist Gian Carlo Wick. It is used...
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Madrid Modino 2001, p. 97. Bäuerle & de Kerf 1990, p. 330. See also Wigner's theorem Zwiebach 2022, p. 170. A recent 2013 experiment gives insight regarding...
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{\displaystyle k-2} . The phenomenon is also known as the von Neumann–Wigner theorem. In the case of a diatomic molecule (with one parameter, namely the...
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Reeh–Schlieder theorem is a result in relativistic local quantum field theory published by Helmut Reeh and Siegfried Schlieder in 1961. The theorem states that...
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In mathematics, Hurwitz's theorem is a theorem of Adolf Hurwitz (1859–1919), published posthumously in 1923, solving the Hurwitz problem for finite-dimensional...
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