formalism

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfɔːməlɪz(ə)m/

Noun

countable uncountable of mathematics

Japanese Meaning

与えられた形式や規則に厳格に従うこと、またはその考え方（形式主義） / 計算機科学において、ある理論における複数の代替となる計算パラダイムのひとつ

What is this buttons?

Although the committee valued tradition, they criticized the formalism that prevented practical solutions.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

委員会は伝統を重んじていたが、実用的な解決を妨げる形式主義を批判した。

Details

Sense（1）

Strict adherence to a given form of conduct, practice etc.

Sense（2）

(computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory.

Sense（3）

(literature) An approach to interpretation and/or evaluation focused on the (usually linguistic) structure of a literary work rather than on the contexts of its origin or reception.

Sense（4）

(music) The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism.

Sense（5）

(mathematics, physics) A particular mathematical or scientific theory or description of a given state or effect.

Heisenberg seems to have been motivated by his intense annoyance that Schrödinger's more intuitive version of quantum theory was more widely accepted than his own, even though both formalisms led to the same results.

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Sense（6）

(linguistics, computing, mathematics) A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language.

Dirac approaches quantum mechanics by means of a so-called symbolic method, the bracket formalism. Although this formalism has a mathematical flavour, in fact, it is based upon bold claims which lack mathematical foundation.

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