Angle Bracket. An angle bracket is the combination of a bra and ket (bra+ket = bracket) which represents the inner product of two functions or vectors (or 1-forms), in a function space, or. in a vector space. Here, represents the adjoint. The expression is also commonly used to denote the expectation value of a variable .
Definition: In the ancient Peloponnese, Helots were area residents exploited, like the proverbial serf, by the ancient Spartans. The origins of the helots are disputed. One theory is that when the Spartans realized they needed more arable land they looked to the southwest to the more fertile soil of Messenia. The helots were conquered Laconians whom the Spartans made subservient.
However, archaeologists seem to have reached the consensus that it was the Clovis that passed their genes to what was later known to be Native Americans. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set... <Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies> Jared M. Diamond.