superselection

Summary

superselection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• superselection is credited with the discovery of Gian Carlo Wick^[2].
• superselection is credited with the discovery of Arthur Wightman^[3].
• superselection is credited with the discovery of Eugene Wigner^[4].
• superselection's subclass of is recorded as quantum effect^[5].
• superselection's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1952-00-00T00:00:00Z^[6].
• superselection's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03kfv4^[7].
• superselection's defining formula is recorded as \forall A \in \operatorname{Observable}\colon\langle\psi|A|\psi'\rangle = 0^[8].
• superselection's Treccani ID is recorded as superselezione^[9].
• superselection's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[10].
• superselection's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781002276^[11].
• superselection's in defining formula is recorded as A^[12].
• superselection's in defining formula is recorded as |\psi\rangle^[13].
• superselection's in defining formula is recorded as \langle\psi'|^[14].
• superselection's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2781002276^[15].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Gian Carlo Wick^[2], a physicist^[16], 1909–1992^[17], of Italy^[18], awarded the Matteucci Medal^[19], specialised in theoretical physics^[20]; Arthur Wightman^[3], a physicist^[21], 1922–2013^[22], of United States^[23], awarded the Henri Poincaré Prize^[24]; and Eugene Wigner^[4], a mathematician^[25], 1902–1995^[26], of Hungary^[27], awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics^[28], specialised in physics^[29].

Why It Matters

superselection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).^[1] superselection has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] superselection is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]