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Furry theorem

Furry theorem

[′fər·ē ‚thir·əm]
(quantum mechanics)
In quantum electrodynamics, the theorem that the contribution of a Feynman diagram, consisting of a closed polygon of fermion lines connected to an odd number of photon lines, vanishes.
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