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On the Hopf algebraic origin of Wick normal-ordering

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

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

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0007032,
  title  = {On the Hopf algebraic origin of Wick normal-ordering},
  author = {Bertfried Fauser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0007032},
  year   = {2008}
}

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14 pages, 3 Figures