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title: How physicists solved the problem of infinity — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/how-physicists-solved-the-problem-of-infinity/
date: 2017-05-29
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# How physicists solved the problem of infinity

During the mid 20th century, physicists were grappling with a perplexing puzzle. It seemed that every time they applied equations to explain fundamental properties we see and experience around us — like the mass of a particle or what happens when two particles interact with each other — they always got the same answer: infinity.