In spherical coordinates, math calls the azimuthal angle (angle in the xy plane) by theta and the zenith angle (from pos z-axis) phi, whereas physics calls the zenith theta and longitude phi. Other discrepancies in notation between areas of science? https://bit.ly/2WpjNiv
Physicists represent the lie algebra as Hermitian Matrices, whereas mathematicians represent them as anti-symmetric matrices.pic.twitter.com/ZJPgYD3zDa
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I’m confused.. why don’t physicists believe in set theory?
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Do you know how LONG it took me to figure out wtf a hermitian matrix was because of this???? My intro quantum class would have been *so* much easier had they just said this outright.
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Correct!
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What about self adjoint operators.
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