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New representations of pi and Dirac delta using the nonextensive-statistical-mechanics q-exponential function

Mathematical Physics 2015-03-13 v3 Statistical Mechanics math.MP

Abstract

We present a generalization of the representation in plane waves of Dirac delta, δ(x)=(1/2π)eikxdk\delta(x)=(1/2\pi)\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-ikx}\,dk, namely δ(x)=(2q)/(2π)eqikxdk\delta(x)=(2-q)/(2\pi)\int_{-\infty}^\infty e_q^{-ikx}\,dk, using the nonextensive-statistical-mechanics qq-exponential function, eqix[1+(1q)ix]1/(1q)e_q^{ix}\equiv[1+(1-q)ix]^{1/(1-q)} with e1ixeixe_1^{ix}\equiv e^{ix}, being xx any real number, for real values of qq within the interval [1,2[[1,2[. Concomitantly with the development of these new representations of Dirac delta, we also present two new families of representations of the transcendental number π\pi. Incidentally, we remark that the qq-plane wave form which emerges, namely eqikxe_q^{ikx}, is normalizable for 1<q<31<q<3, in contrast with the standard one, eikxe^{ikx}, which is not.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1003.4967,
  title  = {New representations of pi and Dirac delta using the nonextensive-statistical-mechanics q-exponential function},
  author = {M. Jauregui and C. Tsallis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.4967},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

13 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Mathematical Physics. Some misprints have been eliminated

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