Meanings
nounWightman axiom (plural Wightman axioms)
plural Wightman axioms
- natural sciencesAny of a number of axioms representing an attempt at a mathematically rigorous formulation of quantum field theory.
Origin
Named after American physicist Arthur Wightman, who formulated them in the early 1950s.
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