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gremezd
Apr11-09, 05:12 PM
How do we get this identity:


\frac{1}{x+i\epsilon}=P \frac{1}{x} - i\pi\delta (x),


where P denotes principle value..? And how do we define this principle value of \frac{1}{x}?

Or is it maybe just a simple definition?