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Clebsch-Gordan coefficient
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Etymology
Named after the German mathematicians Alfred Clebsch and Paul Gordan, who encountered an equivalent problem in invariant theory.
Noun
Clebsch-Gordan coefficient
en physics Any of a class of numbers that arise in angular momentum coupling in quantum mechanics. They appear as the expansion coefficients of total angular momentum eigenstates in an uncoupled tensor product basis.
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