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The λ(φ 4)2 quantum field theory without cutoffsquantum field theory without cutoffs

III. The physical vacuum

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  1. Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York

    James Glimm (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow) & Arthur Jaffe (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow)

  2. Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    James Glimm (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow) & Arthur Jaffe (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow)

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Supported in part by the New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Grant SSF-(8)-8.

Supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, AF 49 (638)-1380.

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Glimm, J., Jaffe, A. The λ(φ 4)2 quantum field theory without cutoffsquantum field theory without cutoffs. Acta Math. 125, 203–267 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02392335

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