Zeta-function Regularization Is Uniquely Defined and Well
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Hawking’s zeta function regularization procedure is shown to be rigorously and uniquely defined, thus putting and end to the spreading lore about different difficulties associated with it. Basic misconceptions, misunderstandings and errors which keep appearing in important scientific journals when dealing with this beautiful regularization method —and other analytical procedures— are clarified and corrected. PACS numbers: 03.70.+k, 04.20.Cv, 11.10.Gh On leave of absence from and permanent address: Department E.C.M., Faculty of Physics, Barcelona University, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; e-mail: eli @ ebubecm1.bitnet
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