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  2. Field theory - Wikipedia

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    Field theory (physics), a physical theory which employs fields in the physical sense, consisting of three types: Classical field theory, the theory and dynamics of classical fields; Quantum field theory, the theory of quantum mechanical fields; Statistical field theory, the theory of critical phase transitions; Grand unified theory

  3. Classical field theory - Wikipedia

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    A classical field theory is a physical theory that predicts how one or more fields in physics interact with matter through field equations, without considering effects of quantization; theories that incorporate quantum mechanics are called quantum field theories.

  4. Quantum field theory - Wikipedia

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    In theoretical physics, quantum field theory (QFT) is a theoretical framework that combines classical field theory, special relativity, and quantum mechanics. [1]: xi QFT is used in particle physics to construct physical models of subatomic particles and in condensed matter physics to construct models of quasiparticles.

  5. History of classical field theory - Wikipedia

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    Attempts to create a unified field theory based on classical physics are classical unified field theories. During the years between the two World Wars , the idea of unification of gravity with electromagnetism was actively pursued by several mathematicians and physicists like Einstein, Theodor Kaluza , [ 18 ] Hermann Weyl , [ 19 ] Arthur ...

  6. Unified field theory - Wikipedia

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    In physics, a unified field theory (UFT) is a type of field theory that allows all fundamental forces and elementary particles to be written in terms of a single type of field. According to modern discoveries in physics, forces are not transmitted directly between interacting objects but instead are described and interpreted by intermediary ...

  7. Glossary of field theory - Wikipedia

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    The field of algebraic numbers is the smallest algebraically closed extension of the field of rational numbers. Their detailed properties are studied in algebraic number theory . Quadratic field

  8. Classical unified field theories - Wikipedia

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    Classical unified field theories are attempts to create a unified field theory based on classical physics. In particular, unification of gravitation and electromagnetism was actively pursued by several physicists and mathematicians in the years between the two World Wars. This work spurred the purely mathematical development of differential ...

  9. Hamiltonian field theory - Wikipedia

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    Covariant Hamiltonian field theory is the relativistic formulation of Hamiltonian field theory. Hamiltonian field theory usually means the symplectic Hamiltonian formalism when applied to classical field theory, that takes the form of the instantaneous Hamiltonian formalism on an infinite-dimensional phase space, and where canonical coordinates ...