The classical point-electron in Colombeau’s theory of nonlinear generalized functions

The electric and magnetic fields of a pole-dipole singularity attributed to a point-electron-singularity in the Maxwell field are expressed in a Colombeau algebra of generalized functions. This enables one to calculate dynamical quantities quadratic in the fields which are otherwise mathematically illdefined: The self-energy (i.e., ‘mass’), the self-angular momentum (i.e., ‘spin’), the self-momentum (i.e., ‘hidden momentum’), and the self-force. While the total self-force and self-momentum are zero, therefore insuring that the electron-singularity is stable, the mass and the spin are diverging integrals of δ2-functions. Yet, after renormalization according to standard prescriptions, the expressions for mass and spin are consistent with quantum theory, including the requirement of a gyromagnetic ratio greater than one. The most striking result, however, is that the electric and magnetic fields differ from the classical monopolar and dipolar fields by δ-function terms which are usually considered as insignificant, while in a Colombeau algebra these terms are precisely the sources of the mechanical mass and spin of the electron-singularity.