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symmetric wave function

physics
Also known as: symmetric function

Learn about this topic in these articles:

quantum mechanics

  • photoelectric effect: Einstein's Nobel Prize-winning discovery
    In quantum mechanics: Identical particles and multielectron atoms

    …of Ψ remains unchanged, the wave function is said to be symmetric with respect to interchange; if the sign changes, the function is antisymmetric.

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