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In [[statistical mechanics]] and [[quantum field theory]], a '''dangerously irrelevant operator''' (or '''dangerous irrelevant operator''') is an [[operator (mathematics)|operator]] which is irrelevant, yet affects the [[infrared]] physics significantly because the [[vacuum expectation value]] of some field depends sensitively upon the dangerously irrelevant operator.