Talk:Quantum field theory
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Definition of $ {\rho_{\kappa}}(\Box) $
Could someone please explain the meaning of $ {\rho_{\kappa}}(\Box) $, which occurs two displayed equations below Equation (6)? I checked the published version of Encyclopedia of Mathematics to see if the expression appears there as well, and indeed it does. However, no definition is given.
- Probably, the function $\rho_{\kappa}$ applied to the d'Alembertian $\Box$. In the formula for the smoothing function $D_{\kappa,\epsilon}$ we see $\rho_{\kappa}(\langle p,p \rangle)$; and this Fourier transform diagonalizes $\Box$, turning it into multiplication by $p\mapsto\langle p,p \rangle$, right? Boris Tsirelson (talk) 16:15, 5 December 2016 (CET)
- Hello Professor Tsirelson. Are you referring to the use of the Borel functional calculus to define $ {\rho_{\kappa}}(\Box) $? This would make perfect sense because $ \Box $ is a self-adjoint densely-defined operator on $ {L^{2}}(\mathbb{R}^{4}) $. Leonard Huang (talk) 19:57, 5 December 2016 (CET)
- Yes, I mean it. Even though I surely cannot formulate rigorously (most of) the quantum field theory. :-) Boris Tsirelson (talk) 20:34, 5 December 2016 (CET)
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Quantum field theory. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Quantum_field_theory&oldid=39919
Quantum field theory. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Quantum_field_theory&oldid=39919