Sociology, Department of
Date of this Version
Summer 4-30-2020
Citation
Bilal Khan and Irshadullah Khan, "A note on the fine structure constant", University of Nebraska-Lincoln preprint, April 30, 2020.
Abstract
We derive the numerical value of the fine structure constant $\alpha$ in purely number-theoretic terms, under the assumption that in a system of charges between two parallel conducting plates, the Casimir energy and the mutual Coulomb interaction energy agree.