On the influence of the mathematical description of physical phenomena on pure mathematics and Wigner's thesis.

DOI10.1007/S00591-014-0141-5MaRDI QIDQ2355216zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Josef Bemelmans

Publication date 21 July 2015

Published in Mathematische Semesterberichte (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00591-014-0141-5

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) General histories, source books (01A05) Quasilinear elliptic equations with mean curvature operator (35J93) History of geometry (51-03) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25)

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