Infinite Renormalization
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 56 (2) , 238-257
- https://doi.org/10.1086/289485
Abstract
In quantum field theory divergent expressions are “discarded”, leaving finite expressions which provide the best predictions anywhere in science. In fact, this “renormalization procedure” involves no mystery or illegitimate operations. This paper explains, in terms accessible to non-experts, how the procedure really works and explores some different ways in which physicists have suggested that one understand it.Keywords
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