"Fock space" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Fock spaces [plural]
Etymology: Named after V. A. Fock, who introduced it in his paper Konfigurationsraum und zweite Quantelung (1932). Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: Fock space Categories (topical): Mathematics
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