Gaussian Brackets
Gaussian Brackets
Given quantities , , …, , the Gaussian bracket is defined as the sum of all the following terms:
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- the product …,
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- all products that omit one pair of terms with consecutive indices,
- all products that omit two pairs of terms, each with consecutive indices,
- all products that omit three pairs of terms, each with consecutive indices,
- and so forth, where the empty product has the value 1 if is even.
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