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Equation 69 · Part 1 · No Particle Without a Cosigner

Symbol D_rm det

DdetD_{\rm det}
DdetD_{\rm det}

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the failure belongs to the mathematical object.

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DrD_rm det is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

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The failure belongs to the mathematical object DdetD_{\rm det} , not to the physics it is trying to summarize.

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…not merely fail to diverge fast enough to survive the ratio: it vanishes on the nose, for every gap, at every order. There is no shared infinity to cancel against, so there is nothing left for the ratio trick to rescue. DdetD_{\rm det} against an inertial comparison worldline in this idealized limit is not small. It is not defined.

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