Etymology

Fock space

Today it means: An algebraic system used in quantum mechanics to describe quantum states with a variable or unknown number of particles. Full definition →

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Named after V. A. Fock, who introduced it in his paper Konfigurationsraum und zweite Quantelung (1932).

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