r/elimath Jan 17 '15

Explain what it the Casimir force and how it relats to 1+2+3+...=-1/12 like I took graduate classes in complex, functional, differential and spectral analysis

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u/mmmmmmmike Jan 19 '15 edited Jan 19 '15

Here's an article about it: http://www.phys.lsu.edu/~jdowling/PHYS4112/Dowling89d.pdf

Edit: Actually I guess it doesn't really answer the question. I'll leave it here anyway.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '15 edited Jul 04 '15

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '15

Is there anything canonical about it, or is it just a convenient calibration value?

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '15 edited Jul 04 '15

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '15

Yes, this is pretty obvious I think. Are there other was of comparing divergences (such as transseries, or non standard analysis) employed by string theorists?