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Fock space

Fock space noun: an algebraic system used in quantum mechanics to describe quantum states with a variable or unknown number of particles.

Noun

Fock space (plural Fock spaces)

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

Forms of Fock space

pluralFock spaces

Origin of Fock space

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

Questions about Fock space

What does Fock space mean?
Fock space means an algebraic system used in quantum mechanics to describe quantum states with a variable or unknown number of particles.
What part of speech is Fock space?
Fock space is a noun.
What is the plural of Fock space?
The plural of Fock space is Fock spaces.

Words near Fock space in the dictionary

  1. focimetry
  2. fock
  3. Fock matrices
  4. Fock matrix
  5. Fock matrixes
  6. Fock space
  7. Fock spaces
  8. Fock state
  9. Fock states
  10. focked
  11. focken

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