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| ===Esquire (Age of No Ideas)=== | ===Esquire (Age of No Ideas)=== | ||
| I have no idea what an eigenspinor physically represents. | I have no idea what an eigenspinor physically represents. | ||
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| + | ==Devlin== | ||
| + | Neither do I. | ||
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| ===Green Suit 11/17=== | ===Green Suit 11/17=== | ||
| This is what I found on Wikipedia: | This is what I found on Wikipedia: | ||
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| ===David Hilbert' | ===David Hilbert' | ||
| Do you mean ψ or χ? | Do you mean ψ or χ? | ||
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| + | ===David Hilbert' | ||
| + | As far as I can tell, a and b are always given or just some constants, so you can use [4.139] as well as the corresponding eigenvalue for whatever operator you're looking at. It is done in example 4.2 in the book for < | ||
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| ====Schrodinger' | ====Schrodinger' | ||
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| I looks like s is a fixed value for a particular particle while m can change depending on the state of that particle. | I looks like s is a fixed value for a particular particle while m can change depending on the state of that particle. | ||
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| + | ==David Hilbert' | ||
| + | Usually I think of s as being like a constant for each particle; all electrons have spins of 1/2, photons have spin of 1, and so on for every particle. Then when you measure it, spin can be up or down, so the < | ||
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