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Feynman's linear divergence problem

Mathematical Physics 2026-04-14 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

First, we consider generalized wave and scattering operators and derive modifications of commutation relations (between scattering operators and unperturbed operators) when the corresponding deviation factors behave as exp{itC±}\exp\{i t {\mathcal C}_{\pm}\} for t±t\to \pm \infty. Then, we construct so called secondary generalized scattering operators for the related case of linear divergence in QED, which gives a positive answer (in that case) to the well-known problem of J. R. Oppenheimer regarding scattering operators in QED: "Can the procedure be freed of the expansion in ε\varepsilon and carried out rigorously?"

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@article{arxiv.2604.11612,
  title  = {Feynman's linear divergence problem},
  author = {Alexander Sakhnovich and Lev Sakhnovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.11612},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

This work may be considered as a follow up of the paper arXiv:2511.02847, where the logarithmic divergence was studied