On the Hopf algebraic origin of Wick normal-ordering
Abstract
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A combinatorial formula of G.-C. Rota and J.A. Stein is taken to perform Wick re-ordering in quantum field theory. Wick's theorem becomes a Hopf algebraic identity called Cliffordization. The combinatorial method relying on Hopf algebras is highly efficient in computations and yields closed algebraic expressions.
AMS Subject Classifications 2000: 81R50; 16W30
14 pages, 3 Figures
14 pages, 3 Figures