phase factor

noun

A normalized complex number, considered as, say, the scalar coefficient of a ket.

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Meanings

nounphase factor (plural phase factors)

plural phase factors

  1. quantum mechanicsA normalized complex number, considered as, say, the scalar coefficient of a ket.
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