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Wick's theorem

Okay kiddo, have you ever played with dominoes? When you line them up and knock one down, the rest of them fall over too, right? Wick's theorem is kind of like that, but with math instead of dominoes.

It helps us figure out the answer to really complicated math problems by breaking them down into smaller, simpler parts. Just like how knocking down one domino leads to the rest falling, we can use Wick's theorem to connect different parts of a big math problem.

Let's say you're trying to solve a problem that has a bunch of different variables in it. It's really hard to solve it all at once, so we break it down into smaller parts. Each part has some variables in it that we can solve more easily.

Then we use Wick's theorem to connect all those smaller parts together and get the answer to the whole problem. It's like lining up the dominoes, except we're lining up all the smaller math problems.

It might sound a little confusing, but just remember that Wick's theorem helps us solve big, complicated math problems by breaking them down into smaller ones and connecting them all together.
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