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The Geometric Phase

A circuit tracing a closed curve in an abstract space can explain both a curious shift in the wave function of a particle and an apparent rotation of a pendulum's plane of oscillation

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 259 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “The Geometric Phase” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 259 No. 6 (), p. 46
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1288-46