Fock space

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.