commutant

noun

Etymology

From commute + -ant.

  1. borrowed from commūtō
  2. suffixed as commutant — “commute + ant

Definitions

  1. The subset of all elements of a semigroup that commute with the elements of a given subset

    • The basic mathematical entity to be used here in elucidating the different senses of superselection rules is a von Neumann algebra #123;#92;mathfrak#123;M

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for commutant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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