Various regularization schemes used in quantum field theory, including the widely used dimensional regularization scheme, and the concept of renormalization, are introduced through the study of scattering from an attractive Dirac delta potential in more than one dimension. This is expected to make such advanced concepts and techniques available to enthusiastic beginners within the realm of elementary quantum mechanics.
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1998
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