"Wick's theorem" meaning in English

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Etymology: Named after Gian-Carlo Wick (1909–1992), Italian theoretical physicist. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wick's theorem
  1. (quantum mechanics) A method of reducing high-order derivatives to a combinatorics problem, used extensively in quantum field theory to reduce arbitrary products of creation and annihilation operators to sums of products of pairs of these operators. Wikipedia link: Gian-Carlo Wick, Wick's theorem Categories (topical): Quantum mechanics

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