Equation 1 · Part 3 · Fine-Tuning Without a Tuner: Selection Effects in Physics
fraction
fraction
What this part means
Divide the expression above the line by the one below it.
Its job in the formula
The expression above the fraction bar is divided by the complete expression below it. The denominator must not be zero.
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The passage around this formula
Quantum field theory predicts that empty space should carry a vacuum energy density set by the ultraviolet scales in the theory — naively, something near the Planck scale. Steven Weinberg’s 1989 review laid out the problem in its modern form: astronomical observations constrain the cosmological constant to be many orders of magnitude smaller than any of the contributions particle theory predicts for it, and the review catalogues five distinct classes of proposed solution, from supersymmetry to anthropic reasoning, none of which he judged fully satisfactory at the time [ 2 ] . The often-quoted headline is that the naive theoretical estimate and the observed value differ by around 120 orders…
Learn the underlying idea
A fraction a/b means a divided by b. The top number is the numerator; the bottom number is the denominator, and it cannot be zero.
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Sources cited in the surrounding passage
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