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Transfer-matrix method
Topics referred to by the same term
Transfer-matrix method may refer to:
- Transfer-matrix method (statistical mechanics), a mathematical technique used to write the partition function into a simpler form.
- Transfer-matrix method (optics), a method to analyze the propagation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves through a stratified medium.
- Ray transfer matrix analysis in geometric optics, a mathematical method for performing ray tracing calculations.
- Transfer-matrix method (combinatorics), a method for computing the total weight of all walks of a given length between a pair of vertices in a weighted graph.
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