Each relation below starts at this concept.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
- Relation ID
group_representation_to_bloch_state- Relation type
- Mathematical formulation
mathematical-formulation - Direction
- source → target
- Endpoint roles
- source: Mathematically formulates; target: Mathematically formulated using
- Authored annotation
- character of the lattice-translation group
Authored explanation
Lattice translations act on one-particle states by commuting unitary operators. A Bloch state transforms in a one-dimensional character of that Abelian translation group, labeled by crystal momentum modulo the reciprocal lattice.
How to interpret this relation type
A mathematical concept supplies part of the formal language, state space, representation, or analytic machinery used by a scientific or mathematical-physics concept. The source is the mathematical predecessor; this does not claim that physical content follows from mathematics alone.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
- Relation ID
representation_group_representation_to_character- Relation type
- State / property description
state-description - Direction
- source → target
- Endpoint roles
- source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
- Authored annotation
- takes matrix traces
Authored explanation
A finite-dimensional group representation assigns a linear operator to each group element; taking its trace produces the associated character and discards basis-dependent matrix entries.
How to interpret this relation type
The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
- Relation ID
cg_from_representations- Relation type
- Canonical construction
canonical-construction - Direction
- source → target
- Endpoint roles
- source: Canonically constructs; target: Canonically constructed from
- Authored annotation
- tensor-product decomposition
Authored explanation
Clebsch–Gordan coefficients implement the change of basis for decomposing tensor-product representations.
How to interpret this relation type
Apply a standard functorial or canonical construction whose output is not merely a reduct of the input and is not generally an equivalent presentation of the same object.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
- Relation ID
math_representation_to_particle- Relation type
- Mathematical formulation
mathematical-formulation - Direction
- source → target
- Endpoint roles
- source: Mathematically formulates; target: Mathematically formulated using
- Authored annotation
- symmetry representation
Authored explanation
Relativistic particle species and internal quantum numbers are organized by representations of spacetime and internal symmetry groups.
How to interpret this relation type
A mathematical concept supplies part of the formal language, state space, representation, or analytic machinery used by a scientific or mathematical-physics concept. The source is the mathematical predecessor; this does not claim that physical content follows from mathematics alone.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
- Relation ID
math_group_representation_to_irreducible_representation- Relation type
- Impose axiom
impose-axiom - Direction
- source → target
- Endpoint roles
- source: Builds toward; target: Built from
- Authored annotation
- irreducibility
Authored explanation
Irreducibility excludes proper nonzero invariant subspaces.
How to interpret this relation type
Keep the existing data and select the subclass satisfying an additional law, existence condition, finiteness condition, or other property.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
- Relation ID
math_group_representation_to_unitary_representation- Relation type
- Impose axiom
impose-axiom - Direction
- source → target
- Endpoint roles
- source: Builds toward; target: Built from
- Authored annotation
- unitarity
Authored explanation
A unitary representation acts by unitary operators on a Hilbert space.
How to interpret this relation type
Keep the existing data and select the subclass satisfying an additional law, existence condition, finiteness condition, or other property.