"The separation of the hamiltonian into an unperturbed part and a perturbation is not unique, but in most problems of interest there is a separation which presents itself in a most natural way. In quantum electrodynamics for example, the unperturbed system consists of the electron-positron field and the photon field without interaction. In the theory of an imperfect gas the unperturbed system will be taken as the ideal gas obtained by neglecting interparticle interactions. In the application of perturbation theory to large quantum systems one encounters problems not met with in the usual perturbation theory of systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom. These problems are related to the following phenomena:"
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