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Wave-particle duality (7391 bytes)
1: In [[physics]], '''wave-particle duality''' holds that [[light]] and [[matter]] simultaneo...
3: <!--This duality merges the [[theory|theories]] of [[Christiaan Hu...
28: ...rimenters have assumed arguments of wave-particle duality and have assumed the validity of deBroglie's equa...
33: In [[quantum mechanics]], the wave-particle duality is explained as follows: every system and particl...
35: ...namics]], Richard Feynman shows the wave-particle duality of photons and electrons is an illusion. In his v...

U-duality (669 bytes)
1: ...be classified neither as an S-duality, nor as a T-duality - a transformation that exchanges a large geometr...

S-duality (2311 bytes)
1: ...g theory|string theories]], or [[M-theory]]. An S-duality transformation maps the states and vacua with [[c...
3: ...ase of four-dimensional quantum field theories, S-duality was understood by [[Ashoke Sen]], [[Nathan Seiber...
5: Two more examples come from string theory: S-duality relates [[type IIB string theory]] with the coupl...
7: S-duality has been rigorously shown to hold in some [[latti...
9: ... U(1) ), then it's dual via the [[Kramers-Wannier duality]] to a model where the vertices take on values in...

T-duality (1450 bytes)
1: ...ory, and the two [[heterotic string]] theories. T-duality transformations act on spaces in which at least o...
3: ...ed once around the direction in question. Under T-duality, it will be mapped to a IIB string which has mome...
8: ... be proved invariant under this operation, too. T-duality acting on [[D-branes]] changes their dimension by...
10: ...d that [[mirror symmetry]] can be understood as T-duality applied to three-dimensional toroidal fibres of t...
12: '''Also see''': [[S-duality]], [[U-duality]], [[mirror symmetry]]

Duality (1771 bytes)
1: ...[[pair]] &ndash; a grouping of two. The word '''''duality''''' has a variety of different meanings in diffe...
3: ...he [[Moche]] of Peru and the Chinese of China, '''duality''' is the premise that everything has an opposing...
4: ...alent. See [[duality (physics)]], [[wave-particle duality]].
5: * [[Duality (projective geometry)]].
6: ... duality occurring in mathematics are listed at [[duality (mathematics)]].

Mysterious duality (1246 bytes)
1: In [[theoretical physics]], '''mysterious duality''' is a set of mathematical similarities between ...
3: ...ezzo surfaces match the [[Weyl group]] of the [[U-duality group]] of the corresponding compactification of ...

Duality (physics) (1828 bytes)
1: In modern [[physics]], '''duality''' most often refers to the [[paradigm]] underlyi...
3: ...ght. Therefore one speaks of the [[wave-particle duality]].
5: This duality also implies that [[light]] and [[electromagnetic...
7: ...here this requirement applies. Other fields where duality is encountered in this sense are [[statistical me...
9: Duality can lead to counterintuitive conclusions. For exa...

Duality (mathematics) (2107 bytes)
1: ..., mostly, without there being a single ''master'' duality. Generally speaking, dualities translate concepts...
3: ...ample here is the [[duality (projective geometry)|duality in projective geometry]]: given any theorem in pl...
5: **[[duality (order theory)|duality in order theory]]
8: ...ry theory]] that underlies these dualities, see [[duality (category theory)]] and [[dual (category theory)]...
10: **[[Pontryagin duality]], relating certain [[abelian group]]s to other a...

Poincaré duality (5919 bytes)
1: In [[mathematics]], the '''Poincaré duality''' theorem is a basic result on the structure of ...
5: A form of Poincaré duality was first stated, without proof, by [[Henri Poinc...
7: ...up]] and [[cap product]]s and formulated Poincaré duality in these new terms.
11: Poincaré duality was classically thought of in terms of dual [[tri...
27: The modern statement of the Poincaré duality theorem is in terms of homology and cohomology: i...

Duality (album) (567 bytes)
1: '''''Duality''''' is a collaborative work of [[Lisa Gerrard]]
5: with Lisa Gerrard, did not participate in ''Duality''.

Pontryagin duality (15626 bytes)
3: ...e theory of [[topological group]]s, '''Pontryagin duality''' explains the general properties of the [[Fouri...
124: One important application of Pontryagin duality is the following characterization of abelian comp...
129: ...ly compact or abelian. One use made of Pontryagin duality between compact abelian groups and discrete abeli...
151: ...) of [[endomorphism]]s in '''LCA''' is changed by duality into its [[dual (category theory)|opposite]] ring...
155: ... in [[category theory]] is called [[Tannaka-Krein duality]]; but this diverges from the connection with [[h...

Stone duality (15168 bytes)
1: ...es are usually collected under the label '''Stone duality''', since they form a natural generalization of [...
3: ... article gives pointers to special cases of Stone duality and explains a very general instance thereof in d...
7: ...classically referred to as "Stone duality" is the duality between the category '''Sob''' of [[sober space]]...
19: == Duality of sober spaces and spatial locales ==
21: ...p understanding of the concepts of adjunction and duality may well arise from examples such as the result b...

Serre duality (3207 bytes)
1: ... this is therefore quite distinct from [[Poincaré duality]], which relates ''H''<sup>''i''</sup> to ''H''<s...
3: ...] determined by the divisor ''D''. That is, Serre duality in this case relates groups ''H''<sup>0</sup>(''D...
15: ...''T'' is the [[tangent bundle]] sheaf ''K''*. The duality shows why these approaches coincide.
17: ...g. While the role of ''K'' above in general Serre duality is played by the [[determinant line bundle]] of t...

Duality (projective geometry) (6467 bytes)
1: '''Duality''' in the [[projective plane]] refers to the inte...
43: ...ed. This establishes the bijective nature of the duality in the projective plane.
47: ...to lines. This is analogous to [[dual polyhedron|duality of polyhedra]] in [[solid geometry]], where point...

Duality (order theory) (2418 bytes)
3: ... dual order. Formally, this is captured by the '''Duality Principle''' for ordered sets:

Particle (661 bytes)

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