Half-integer Totally Explained

Everything about Half-integer totally explained

In mathematics, a half-integer is a number of the form ť

n + 1/2

,

where

n

is an integer. For example, ť 4½, 7/2, −13/2, 8.5

are all half-integers. Note that a half of an integer isn't always a half-integer: half of an even integer is an integer but not a half-integer. The half-integers are precisely those numbers that are half of an odd integer.
The set of all half-integers is often denoted ť

mathbb Z + .

Uses

Half-integers occur frequently enough in mathematical contexts that a special term for them is convenient. For example, the densest lattice packing of unit spheres in four dimensions places a sphere at every point whose coordinates are either all integers or all half-integers; this packing is closely related to the Hurwitz integers, which are quaternions whose real coefficients are either all integers or all half-integers.
   Moreover, the Pauli exclusion principle results from definition of fermions as particles which have spins that are half-integers. The energy levels of the quantum harmonic oscillator occur at half-integers and thus its lowest energy isn't zero.

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