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- From: Leigh Palmer <palmer@sfu.ca>
- Subject: Re: Ansatz (as used in mathematical physics)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.033427.3832@sfu.ca>
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:34:27 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan11.025132.18641@EE.Stanford.EDU> Anthony E. Siegman,
- siegman@EE.Stanford.EDU writes:
- > I've seen the term Ansatz used (in English) to describe the
- >mathematical structure that is set up to analyse a physics problem or
- >solve a mathematical physics problem; but none of several English
- >dictionaries I've check contain this term, nor do my Deutsch-English
- >dictionaries give much clue to this usage. Can anyone quote any
- >authoritative references on this particular usage?
-
- The word, when used in English in the context of physics, means
- "assumption". You may, if you wish, cite me (private communication).
-
- Leigh
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