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> In other words, physicists were entirely correct to toss the infinite values, and mathematicians were later persuaded it was mathematically sound. Rather: Ma
by wolfgke 9y ago
> In other words, physicists were entirely correct to toss the infinite values, and mathematicians were later persuaded it was mathematically sound.
Rather: Mathematicians were able to develop an axiomatic framework in which these transformations have a well-defined meaning.
- ncmncm 9y agoPotato, potahto. If the experiment produced different results, mathematicians would not be asked for an opinion until the physicists came up with some other math. Because the experiment matched, mathematicians were obliged to invent a framework to justify it.