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Newton's second law - local laws and non-local laws
What are local laws? I was reading this line in a book...
Newtons second law is a local law. This means that it applies to a particle at a particular instant without taking into consideration any ...
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What is the difference between nonlocality and entanglement?
I'm a bit confused about the difference and relation between (quantum) nonlocality and entanglement.
To give some context about my confusion, I was reading this paper: Brunner, Nicolas, et al. "...
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What is locality?
In QFT and statistical mechanics, one is usually interested in studying integrals of the form:
$$Z(\phi) =\int d\mu_{C}(\phi')e^{-V(\phi+\phi')}$$
where $\mu_{C}$ is Gaussian measure with mean zero ...
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What is recessional nonlocality?
In laymen’s terms, what is recessional nonlocality? I understand recessional means to recede or retract away, and (correct me if I’m wrong) I understand locality has something to do with quantum ...
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Local and Non-Local Potentials
Can anybody explain the difference and concepts between local and non-local potentials in light of quantum mechanics?
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What is meant by a local Lagrangian density?
What is meant by a local Lagrangian density?
How will a non-local Lagrangian look like?
What is the problem that we do not consider such Lagrangian densities?
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Definition of Local Function
Now a days I am studying Srednicki's QFT book. In its third chapter it is written that
Any local function of φ(x) is a Lorentz scalar, [...] .
Now my question is: What is a local function?
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