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PhysLean.QFT.PerturbationTheory.FieldOpAlgebra.NormalOrder.WickContractions

Normal ordering with relation to Wick contractions #

Normal order of uncontracted terms within proto-algebra. #

For a list ฯ†s = ฯ†โ‚€โ€ฆฯ†โ‚™ of ๐“•.FieldOp, a Wick contraction ฯ†sฮ› of ฯ†s, an element ฯ† of ๐“•.FieldOp, and a i โ‰ค ฯ†s.length, then the following relation holds:

๐“([ฯ†sฮ› โ†ฉฮ› ฯ† i none]แต˜แถœ) = s โ€ข ๐“(ฯ† :: [ฯ†sฮ›]แต˜แถœ)

where s is the exchange sign for ฯ† and the uncontracted fields in ฯ†โ‚€โ€ฆฯ†แตขโ‚‹โ‚.

The proof of this result ultimately is a consequence of normalOrder_superCommute_eq_zero.

For a list ฯ†s = ฯ†โ‚€โ€ฆฯ†โ‚™ of ๐“•.FieldOp, a Wick contraction ฯ†sฮ› of ฯ†s, an element ฯ† of ๐“•.FieldOp, a i โ‰ค ฯ†s.length and a k in ฯ†sฮ›.uncontracted, then ๐“([ฯ†sฮ› โ†ฉฮ› ฯ† i (some k)]แต˜แถœ) is equal to the normal ordering of [ฯ†sฮ›]แต˜แถœ with the ๐“•.FieldOp corresponding to k removed.

The proof of this result ultimately is a consequence of definitions.