Associations to the word «Weyl»

Wiktionary

WEYL FERMION, noun. (electronics) (quantum physics) a massless quasiparticle and fermion, which carries electric charge, and cannot move backwards, that may exist in Weyl semimetals, where an electron can be split into two Weyl fermions which move in opposite directions, which can form an electron by combining two Weyl fermions.
WEYL FERMIONS, noun. Plural of Weyl fermion
WEYL GROUP, noun. (math) A subgroup of the isometry group of a root system, generated by reflections through the hyperplanes orthogonal to the roots.
WEYL GROUPS, noun. Plural of Weyl group

Wise words

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Noam Chomsky