Wick rotation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Gian-Carlo Wick.
Noun[edit]
Wick rotation (countable and uncountable, plural Wick rotations)
- (mathematics) A method of finding a solution to a mathematical problem in Minkowski space from a solution to a related problem in Euclidean space by means of a transformation that substitutes an imaginary-number variable for a real-number variable.