Fock space

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Fock space (plural Fock spaces)

  1. (mathematics) An algebraic system used in quantum mechanics to describe quantum states with a variable or unknown number of particles.
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