arXiv Machine Learning June 16, 2026 By Ryan Abbott, Yang Fu, Daniel C. Hackett, Gurtej Kanwar, Fernando Romero-L\'opez, Phiala E. Shanahan

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arXiv:2606. 15986v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The generating functional in quantum field theory provides the natural framework for constructing correlation functions as derivatives with respect to source operators.

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