Questions tagged [locality]

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How to understand the principle of locality from a common example?

I'm reading the definition of the principle of locality from its Wikipedia page: The principle of locality states that an object is influenced directly only by its immediate surroundings. This definition makes sense to me, but I wonder can we…
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What is the relation between continuity?

What is the relation between continuity and locality if there is any, either in classical or quantum mechanics? Are they the same?