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In [[mathematics]] and [[theoretical physics]], '''[[Riemann zeta- function|zeta function]] regularization''' is a type of [[regularization (physics)|regularization]] or [[summability method]] that assigns finite values to superficially divergent sums. The technique is now commonly applied to problems in physics, but has its origins in attempts to give precise meanings to ill-conditioned sums appearing in [[number theory]].

==Definition==