PauliMatrix

PauliMatrix[k]

gives the k^(th) Pauli spin matrix .

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Scope  (1)

PauliMatrix threads element-wise over lists:

Applications  (3)

Pauli's differential equation:

Pauli matrices' algebra:

Build a unitary matrix representing the rotation of the spinor around the axis through angle :

Rotation by 360° changes spinor's direction:

Wolfram Research (2008), PauliMatrix, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PauliMatrix.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2008), PauliMatrix, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PauliMatrix.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2008. "PauliMatrix." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PauliMatrix.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2008). PauliMatrix. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PauliMatrix.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_paulimatrix, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PauliMatrix}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PauliMatrix.html}", note=[Accessed: 02-December-2023 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_paulimatrix, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PauliMatrix}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PauliMatrix.html}, note=[Accessed: 02-December-2023 ]}