A mathematically correct generalization of the Bogoliubov microcausality condition to the case of arbitrary points in spacetime is given. The proposed generalized formulation of the microcausality condition is the basis for construction of a scattering matrix not containing ultraviolet divergences.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 48–53, September, 2016.
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Khokhlov, I.A. On the Question of the Causality Condition in Quantum Field Theory. Russ Phys J 59, 1380–1386 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-017-0920-2
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