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Partition function on spheres: how (not) to use zeta function regularization

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-10-26 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

It is known that not all summation methods are linear and stable. Zeta function regularization is in general non-linear. However, in some cases formal manipulations with "zeta function" regularization (assuming linearity of sums) lead to correct results. We consider several examples and show why this happens.

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@article{arxiv.1607.06493,
  title  = {Partition function on spheres: how (not) to use zeta function regularization},
  author = {A. Monin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.06493},
  year   = {2016}
}

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20 pages

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