The effectiveness of mathematics in physics of the unknown

DOI10.1007/S11229-017-1490-0MaRDI QIDQ2052153zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexei Grinbaum

Publication date 25 November 2021

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/12950/1/blackbox.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

\(S\)-matrixdevice-independenceeffective field theorymathematicsphysicsprinciple theoryunknownWigner

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

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