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    In mathematical physics, the Wightman axioms (also called Gårding–Wightman axioms), named after Arthur Wightman, are an attempt at a mathematically rigorous...
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  • axioms (topology) Peano's axioms (natural numbers) Probability axioms Separation axiom (topology) Wightman axioms (quantum field theory) Action axiom...
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  • Streater, R.; Wightman, A. (1964). PCT, Spin and Statistics and all That. W. A. Benjamin. Osterwalder, K.; Schrader, R. (1973). "Axioms for Euclidean...
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  • obituary at math.uni-bonn.de Jorgensen, Palle E. T.; Olafsson, Gestur (2000). "Osterwalder-Schrader axioms-Wightman axioms". arXiv:math-ph/0001010. Robert...
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    theorem Mean-field particle methods Superradiant phase transition Wightman axioms Hepp, Klaus; Lieb, Elliott (1973). "On the superradiant phase transition...
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    field theory) Dark energy Spontaneous symmetry breaking Vacuum energy Wightman axioms Amsler, C.; et al. (2008). "Review of Particle Physics⁎". Physics Letters...
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  • The Wightman Axioms and the Mass Gap for Weakky Coupled (φ4)3 Quantum Field Theories, Ann. of Phys. 97, 80-135 (1976), with J. Feldman The Wightman Axioms...
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    of the American Oriental Society 75 (3), p. 166–173 [169]. William P.D. Wightman (1951, 1953), The Growth of Scientific Ideas, Yale University Press p.38...
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    is Poincaré invariant, which follows from Wightman axioms but can be also proved directly without these axioms. Poincaré invariance implies that only scalar...
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    John von Neumann (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    mathematical physicist Arthur Wightman said in 1974 his axiomization of quantum theory was perhaps the most important axiomization of a physical theory to date...
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    Quantum field theory (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    include Wightman axioms and Haag–Kastler axioms.: 2–3  One way to construct theories satisfying Wightman axioms is to use Osterwalder–Schrader axioms, which...
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    returned to Princeton, obtaining a doctorate in physics in 1966 with Arthur Wightman. His whole career has been spent teaching mathematical physics and pursuing...
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    Veltman Virasoro Ward Weinberg Weisskopf Wentzel Wess Wetterich Weyl Wick Wightman Wigner Wilczek Wilson Witten Yang Yukawa Zamolodchikov Zamolodchikov Zee...
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    of the Hilbert spaces are in fact separable, as stipulated by the Wightman axioms. However, it is sometimes argued that non-separable Hilbert spaces...
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    the American Oriental Society 75 (3), pp. 166–173 [169]. William P. D. Wightman (1951, 1953), The Growth of Scientific Ideas, Yale University Press p....
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  • doi:10.1007/BF01883623. S2CID 121930907. Streater, Raymond Frederick; Wightman, Arthur Strong (2000). PCT, Spin and Statistics, and All that. Princeton...
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  • the order of the fields. In Minkowski space, correlation functions are Wightman functions. They can depend on the order of the fields, as fields commute...
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  • law Wien approximation Wien effect Wien filter Wiggler (synchrotron) Wightman axioms Wigner's classification Wigner's friend Wigner's theorem Wigner 3-j...
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    Representation theory of the Lorentz group (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    representation of the Lorentz group. The transformation rule is the second Wightman axiom of quantum field theory. By considerations of differential constraints...
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    different airplane on June 17. Born: Arthur Wightman, American mathematical physicist who devised the Wightman axioms for quantum field theory; in Rochester...
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    64, Welsh footballer (Swansea City). Arthur Wightman, 90, American mathematical physicist (Wightman axioms). Giorgio Alverà, 69, Italian world champion...
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