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Equation 31 · Part 1 · The Clock That Comes Back Wrong by Exactly Its Mass

Symbol X

X=−ib⋅P/ℏX=-i\mathbf b\cdot\mathbf P/\hbar
XX

What this part means

X is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.

Its job in the formula

X is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.

The passage around this formula

That triviality is what makes the loop phase exact rather than approximate. Write X=-ib\mathbf b⋅\cdotP\mathbf P/ℏ\hbar and Y=-iv\mathbf v⋅\cdotK\mathbf K/ℏ\hbar . Their commutator is

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