List of concepts
This is an alphabetical list of the concepts in this knowledge base.
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B
- BB84 protocol
 - Bell state
 - Bell’s theorem
 - Beltrami identity
 - Bernoulli’s theorem
 - Bernstein-Vazirani algorithm
 - Berry phase
 - Binomial distribution
 - Blasius boundary layer
 - Bloch sphere
 - Bloch’s theorem
 - Boltzmann equation
 - Boltzmann relation
 - Bose-Einstein distribution
 - Boussinesq wave theory
 
C
- CHSH inequality
 - Calculus of variations
 - Canonical ensemble
 - Capillary length
 - Cartesian coordinates
 - Cauchy principal value
 - Cauchy strain tensor
 - Cauchy stress tensor
 - Cavitation
 - Central limit theorem
 - Clausius-Mossotti relation
 - Conditional expectation
 - Convolution theorem
 - Coulomb logarithm
 - Coupled mode theory
 - Curvature
 
D
- Debye length
 - Density of states
 - Density operator
 - Detailed balance
 - Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm
 - Dielectric function
 - Diffie-Hellman key exchange
 - Dirac delta function
 - Dirac notation
 - Dispersive broadening
 - Drude model
 - Dynkin’s formula
 - Dyson equation
 
E
- Ehrenfest’s theorem
 - Einstein coefficients
 - Elastic collision
 - Electric dipole approximation
 - Electric field
 - Electromagnetic wave equation
 - Equation-of-motion theory
 - Euler equations
 - Euler-Bernoulli law
 
F
- Fabry-Pérot cavity
 - Fermi’s golden rule
 - Fermi-Dirac distribution
 - Feynman diagram
 - Fick’s laws
 - Fourier transform
 - Fredholm alternative
 - Fundamental relation of thermodynamics
 - Fundamental solution
 
G
- GHZ paradox
 - Grad-Shafranov equation
 - Gram-Schmidt method
 - Grand canonical ensemble
 - Green’s functions
 - Grönwall-Bellman inequality
 - Guiding center theory
 
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- Hagen-Poiseuille equation
 - Hamiltonian mechanics
 - Harmonic oscillator
 - Heaviside step function
 - Heisenberg picture
 - Hellmann-Feynman theorem
 - Hermite polynomials
 - Hilbert space
 - Holomorphic function
 - Hooke’s law
 - Hydrogen atom
 - Hydrostatic pressure
 
I
J
K
L
- Lagrange multiplier
 - Lagrangian mechanics
 - Laguerre polynomials
 - Landau quantization
 - Langmuir waves
 - Laplace transform
 - Larmor precession
 - Laser rate equations
 - Lawson criterion
 - Legendre polynomials
 - Legendre transform
 - Lehmann representation
 - Lindhard function
 - Lorentz force
 - Lorentz oscillator model
 - Lubrication theory
 - Lyddane-Sachs-Teller relation
 
M
- Magnetic field
 - Magnetohydrodynamics
 - Markov process
 - Martingale
 - Material derivative
 - Matsubara Green’s function
 - Matsubara sum
 - Maxwell relations
 - Maxwell’s equations
 - Maxwell-Bloch equations
 - Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
 - Meniscus
 - Metacentric height
 - Microcanonical ensemble
 - Modulational instability
 - Multi-photon absorption
 
N
- Navier-Cauchy equation
 - Navier-Stokes equations
 - Newton’s bucket
 - No-cloning theorem
 - Noether’s theorem
 - Nonlinear Schrödinger equation
 
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P
- Parabolic cylindrical coordinates
 - Parseval’s theorem
 - Partial fraction decomposition
 - Path integral formulation
 - Pauli exclusion principle
 - Planck’s law
 - Polar cylindrical coordinates
 - Prandtl equations
 - Probability current
 - Propagator
 - Pulay mixing
 
Q
R
- Rabi oscillation
 - Random phase approximation
 - Random variable
 - Rayleigh-Plateau instability
 - Rayleigh-Plesset equation
 - Reduced mass
 - Rényi entropy
 - Repetition code
 - Residue theorem
 - Reynolds number
 - Ritz method
 - Rotating wave approximation
 - Runge-Kutta method
 - Rutherford scattering
 
S
- σ-algebra
 - SALT equation
 - Schwartz distribution
 - Screw pinch
 - Second quantization
 - Selection rules
 - Self-energy
 - Self-phase modulation
 - Self-steepening
 - Shor’s algorithm
 - Simon’s algorithm
 - Slater determinant
 - Sokhotski-Plemelj theorem
 - Spherical coordinates
 - Spitzer resistivity
 - Step-index fiber
 - Stochastic process
 - Stokes’ law
 - Sturm-Liouville theory
 - Superdense coding
 
T
- Thermodynamic potential
 - Time evolution operator
 - Time-dependent perturbation theory
 - Time-independent perturbation theory
 - Time-ordered product
 - Toffoli gate
 - Triple product rule
 - Two-fluid equations