Positronium as an example of algebraic composite calculations
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The functional quantum field theory, developed by Stumpf, provides the possibility to derive the quantum dynamics of a positronium gas from Coulomb interacting electrons and positrons. By this example, the method will be brought in a Clifford algebraic light, through identifying the functional space with an infinite dimensional Euclidean Clifford algebra.
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