Wheeler-DeWitt equation

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English

Etymology

Named after John Archibald Wheeler and Bryce DeWitt.

Proper noun

Wheeler-DeWitt equation

  1. (physics) An equation that attempts to meld the ideas of quantum mechanics and general relativity. It describes the quantum version of the Hamiltonian constraint using metric variables.