Highlights of mathematical physics

Author(s)

• Fokas, A. S.
• Halliwell, J.
• Kibble, T.
• Zegarlinski, B.

Bibliographic Information

Highlights of mathematical physics

A. Fokas ... [et al.], editors

American Mathematical Society, c2002

Note

"The contributors to this essay volume are seventeen mathematical physicist, some of the participants of the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Physics held at Imperial College, London in July 2000. The contributions include pedagogical lectures presented at the Young Researchers Symposium (YRS) held for the first time in 2000 ..."-introduction

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume presents state-of-the-art research in mathematical physics addressed to a broad spectrum of readers, including graduate students, researchers, and others interested in this topic. Contributors to the volume participated in the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Physics held at Imperial College (London, UK). The contributions include, in particular, pedagogical lectures presented at the Young Researchers Symposium (YRS) held in association with the Congress, as well as public lectures given at the Congress, and the contributions from the winners of the Henri Poincare prize.

Table of Contents

The second black body problem: interface of general relativity, quantum theory and statistical mechanics by A. Ashtekar On the unreasonable effectiveness of physics in mathematics by M. Atiyah Weak-wave turbulence: a tragic super-hero of turbulence theory by L. J. Biven Noncommutative geometry year 2000 by A. Connes Quantum computation by A. Ekert Advent of the Yang-Mills field by L. Faddeev Cross fertilization in theoretical physics: the case of condensed matter and particle physics by G. Jona-Lasinio Random matrices and the Riemann zeta-function by J. P. Keating Meeting Descartes and Klein somewhere in a noncommutative space by V. V. Kisil Phase transitions: on a crossroads of probability and analysis by R. Kotecky Exploring the complex adaptive nature of ecosystems by S. A. Levin The classical three-body problem - where is abstract mathematics, physical intuition, computational physics most powerful? by H. A. Posch and W. Thirring Irreversibility revisited by D. Ruelle A confrontation with infinity by G. Hooft Quantum dynamics of many-body systems by H.-T. Yau.

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Details

• NCID: BA60003667
• ISBN:
  • 0821832239
• LCCN: 2002027669
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Providence, R.I.
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 271 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 530.15