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Infinity interpreted

Infinity interpreted
Infinity interpreted
Despite the denunciations of the mathematician Abel, if the devil did invent divergent series it was because his creator counterpart chose to build our physical universe so that they are among the more useful ways to describe its finite properties.
Divergent series, hyperasymptotics, Rainbows
0953-8585
Berry, Michael
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Howls, Christopher
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Berry, Michael
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Howls, Christopher
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Berry, Michael and Howls, Christopher (1993) Infinity interpreted. Physics World, 6 (6). (doi:10.1088/2058-7058/6/6/21).

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Despite the denunciations of the mathematician Abel, if the devil did invent divergent series it was because his creator counterpart chose to build our physical universe so that they are among the more useful ways to describe its finite properties.

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Published date: June 1993
Keywords: Divergent series, hyperasymptotics, Rainbows

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Local EPrints ID: 496805
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/496805
ISSN: 0953-8585
PURE UUID: 3cfa1968-0efe-443e-bdff-60b232cd333d
ORCID for Christopher Howls: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7989-7807

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Last modified: 10 Jan 2025 02:39

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Author: Michael Berry

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