toy model

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nountoy model (plural toy models)

Synonym of toy theory.
To examine this issue we discuss a simplified toy model where the energy of the conduction band is independent of k, which may be solved exactly.
1995, Jeffery M. Landgraf, Reduced Basis Methods for the 1/N Expansion of the Anderson Model
Synonyms: toy theory

nounSynonym of toy theory.

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