The geometry of continuum regularization

Halpern, M B

Title: The geometry of continuum regularization

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This lecture is primarily an introduction to coordinate-invariant regularization, a recent advance in the continuum regularization program. In this context, the program is seen as fundamentally geometric, with all regularization contained in regularized DeWitt superstructures on field deformations.

Authors:: Halpern, M B

Publication Date:: Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 6398591

Report Number(s):: LBL-23028; CONF-870151-2
ON: DE87008230

DOE Contract Number:: AC03-76SF00098

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Irvine conference on non-perturbative methods in field theory, Laguna Beach, CA, USA, 7 Jan 1987; Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; GEOMETRY; GRAVITATION; INTEGRALS; PHASE SPACE; SIGMA MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE MODELS; SPACE; 645400* - High Energy Physics- Field Theory

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