Emergence, singularities, and symmetry breaking

DOI10.1007/s10701-010-9493-4zbMath1252.82049OpenAlexW2005891078MaRDI QIDQ649885

Robert W. Batterman

Publication date: 25 November 2011

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/4934/1/Emerge-archive.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

singularitiescritical phenomenaquantum field theoryrenormalization groupexplanationemergence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Renormalization group methods in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B28) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Physics (00A79)

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