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: Received: 25 September 2024 / Approved: 27 September 2024 / Online: 27 September 2024 (12:29:01 CEST)
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Klauder, J.; Fantoni, R. The Number Zero is Welcomed by Mathematics, but Physics Should Be Careful When Dealing With It. Preprints2024, 2024092183. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2183.v1
Klauder, J.; Fantoni, R. The Number Zero is Welcomed by Mathematics, but Physics Should Be Careful When Dealing With It. Preprints 2024, 2024092183. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2183.v1
Klauder, J.; Fantoni, R. The Number Zero is Welcomed by Mathematics, but Physics Should Be Careful When Dealing With It. Preprints2024, 2024092183. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2183.v1
APA Style
Klauder, J., & Fantoni, R. (2024). The Number Zero is Welcomed by Mathematics, but Physics Should Be Careful When Dealing With It. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2183.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Klauder, J. and Riccardo Fantoni. 2024 "The Number Zero is Welcomed by Mathematics, but Physics Should Be Careful When Dealing With It" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2183.v1
Abstract
The number zero is happily used by mathematics, but not physics for various reasons. It should be incorrect to say that $\phi(x)= 0=\gamma(x)$, when there are two, different, physical meanings, such as fields for two very different kinds of particles, etc. That could lead to some kind of confusion in physics. In that case, it could even be necessary to {\bf reject} using the zero number in certain expressions, and instead, at least try to `go around them'.
Do not forget that the number zero was {\it banned} for 1,500 years, long, long ago!
Keywords
The Number Zero; Quantum Field Theory; Affine Quantization
Subject
Physical Sciences, Theoretical Physics
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