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Factorization algebra
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Mathematics/pxTouaz4">mathematics</a> and <a href="/facts/Mathematical_physics/sLKg8T1G">mathematical physics</a>, a factorization algebra is an algebraic structure first introduced by <a href="/facts/Alexander_Beilinson/dDfhNJzs">Beilinson</a> and <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Drinfeld/xGhJ8NAv">Drinfel'd</a> in an <a href="/facts/Algebraic_geometry/rh7RHVp3">algebro-geometric</a> setting as a reformulation of <a href="/facts/Chiral_algebra/lFeslEAL">chiral algebras</a>, and also studied in a more general setting by <a href="/facts/Kevin_Costello/NfvsUrxd">Costello</a> and Gwilliam to study <a href="/facts/Quantum_field_theory/VoewsNJV">quantum field theory</a>. </p>