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The quantum field theory of the electromagnetic field addressed yet another persistent problem of classical field theory: the retroactivity or reaction of the electron’s radiation on itself.
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Jaeger, L. (2018). Infinity Minus Infinity Gives Something Finite: How Physicists Learnt to Deal with Infinitely Large Values in the Infinitely Small. In: The Second Quantum Revolution. Copernicus, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98824-5_12
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