Vladimir Fock

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Vladimir Fock was a Russian theoretical physicist best known for his foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum chemistry, including the formulation of the Hartree–Fock approximation.

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instanceOf human
theoretical physicist
academicAdvisor Paul Ehrenfest
academicDiscipline physics
awardReceived Lenin Prize
Stalin Prize
citizenshipPeriod after 1917: Soviet Union
before 1917: Russian Empire
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1898-12-22
dateOfDeath 1974-12-27
educatedAt Saint Petersburg State University
employer Leningrad State University
Pulkovo Observatory
Saint Petersburg State University
familyName Fock
fieldOfWork general relativity
quantum chemistry
quantum mechanics
theoretical physics
givenName Vladimir
hasAcademicRank professor
hasNameInNativeLanguage Владимир Александрович Фок
influenced development of modern quantum chemistry
many-body quantum theory
knownFor Hartree–Fock approximation
contributions to quantum field theory
development of Fock space formalism
work on general relativity in the Soviet Union
work on relativistic quantum mechanics
languageSpoken Russian
memberOf USSR Academy of Sciences
nativeLanguage Russian
notableWork Fock metric
linked to: Fock model

Fock operator
linked to: Fock matrix

Fock space
linked to: Fock model

Fock–Ivanenko coefficients
Fock–Krylov theorem
Fock–Lorentz transformations
Fock–Podolsky electrodynamics
Hartree–Fock method
placeOfBirth Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
placeOfDeath Leningrad
sexOrGender male
workLocation Leningrad

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Hartree–Fock method developedBy Vladimir Fock
Fock matrix namedAfter Vladimir Fock