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arxiv: 1003.4967 · v3 · pith:MUSACF2Nnew · submitted 2010-03-25 · 🧮 math-ph · cond-mat.stat-mech· math.MP

New representations of pi and Dirac delta using the nonextensive-statistical-mechanics q-exponential function

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We present a generalization of the representation in plane waves of Dirac delta, $\delta(x)=(1/2\pi)\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-ikx}\,dk$, namely $\delta(x)=(2-q)/(2\pi)\int_{-\infty}^\infty e_q^{-ikx}\,dk$, using the nonextensive-statistical-mechanics $q$-exponential function, $e_q^{ix}\equiv[1+(1-q)ix]^{1/(1-q)}$ with $e_1^{ix}\equiv e^{ix}$, being $x$ any real number, for real values of $q$ within the interval $[1,2[$. Concomitantly with the development of these new representations of Dirac delta, we also present two new families of representations of the transcendental number $\pi$. Incidentally, we remark that the $q$-plane wave form which emerges, namely $e_q^{ikx}$, is normalizable for $1<q<3$, in contrast with the standard one, $e^{ikx}$, which is not.

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