tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post6036189750008243849..comments2024-03-28T21:52:52.100-06:00Comments on Dispatches From Turtle Island: Physical v. Mathematical ConstantsAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-29184635849830974042017-01-23T14:23:11.785-07:002017-01-23T14:23:11.785-07:00Yes. But, g and g' (the bare coupling constant...Yes. But, g and g' (the bare coupling constants stripped of factors of pi) might or might not be transcendental. <br /><br />Of course, this is a trivial result and not really what Feynman really meant to say.<br /><br />Incidentally, another numerological question that really fascinates me (yes I am a physics nerd) is why g+g' is almost, but not quite, equal to 1. The deviation looks like it could be due to some sort of higher order loop effects in some deeper theory, in much the way that g-2 is not equal to exactly 0.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-81117138863359768242017-01-23T03:10:49.168-07:002017-01-23T03:10:49.168-07:00So alpha is transcendental? ("So Feynman was ...So alpha is transcendental? ("So Feynman was Right")Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04090221945301525296noreply@blogger.com