Yang-Baxter equation

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Yang-Baxter equation

noun

Etymology Named from the independent work of C. N. Yang (1968) and R. J. Baxter (1971).

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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A consistency equation first introduced in the field of statistical mechanics, based on the idea that, in some scattering situations, particles may preserve their momentum while changing their quantum internal states.

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