Physics:Resummation

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Short description: Technique to acquire finite results from divergent series

In mathematics and theoretical physics, resummation is a procedure to obtain a finite result from a divergent sum (series) of functions. Resummation involves a definition of another (convergent) function in which the individual terms defining the original function are re-scaled, and an integral transformation of this new function to obtain the original function. Borel resummation is probably the most well-known example. The simplest method is an extension of a variational approach to higher order based on a paper by R.P. Feynman and H. Kleinert.[1] Feynman and Kleinert's technique has been extended to arbitrary order in quantum mechanics[2] and quantum field theory.[3]

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  • Hagen Kleinert and V. Schulte-Frohlinde (2001), Critical Properties of φ4-Theories, Singapore: World Scientific, ISBN:981-02-4658-7 (paperback), especially chapters 16-20.