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'''Nonlocality''' may refer to:
In physics, '''nonlocality''' or [[action at a distance]] is the direct interaction of two objects that are separated in space without an intermediate agency or mechanism. Newton considered it "so great an Absurdity that I believe no Man who has in philosophical Matters a competent Faculty of thinking can ever fall into it". [[Quantum nonlocality]] refers to what Einstein called the "spooky action at a distance" of [[quantum entanglement]].
* [[Action at a distance]], the concept in physics of nonlocal interactions

** [[Principle of locality]], the opposite of action at a distance
'''Nonlocality''' may also refer to:
* [[Quantum nonlocality]], nonlocal phenomena in quantum mechanics

* [[Nonlocal Lagrangian]], a type of Lagrangian (a mathematical function)
* [[Nonlocal Aharonov–Bohm effect]], a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which an electrically charged particle is affected by an electromagnetic field, despite the fact that both fields are zero
* [[Nonlocal operator]], which maps functions on a topological space to functions, in such a way that the value of the output function at a given point cannot be determined solely from the values of the input function in any neighbourhood of any point.
* [[Nonlocal Lagrangian]], a Lagrangian that contains terms that are nonlocal in the fields <math> \ \phi(x)</math>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Principle of locality]]
* [[Locality (disambiguation)]]
* [[Relative locality]]
* [[Nonlocal (disambiguation)]]
* [[Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory]]


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[[nl:Non-lokaal]]
[[ja:非局所性]]
[[pt:Não localidade]]
[[ru:Нелокальность]]
[[ru:Нелокальность]]
[[scn:Nonlucalitati]]
[[fi:Nonlocality]]

Latest revision as of 14:12, 26 September 2024

Nonlocality may refer to:

  • Action at a distance, the concept in physics of nonlocal interactions
  • Quantum nonlocality, nonlocal phenomena in quantum mechanics
  • Nonlocal Lagrangian, a type of Lagrangian (a mathematical function)
  • Nonlocal operator, which maps functions on a topological space to functions, in such a way that the value of the output function at a given point cannot be determined solely from the values of the input function in any neighbourhood of any point.

See also

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