The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences. Richard courant lecture in mathematical sciences delivered at New York University, May 11, 1959

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On the unusual effectiveness of logic in computer science
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Several epistemological problems related to the concept of systems
Numerical approximation of Turing patterns in electrodeposition by ADI methods
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The limitations of formal models of measurement, control, and cognition
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Rethinking statistical learning theory: learning using statistical invariants
Artificial languages across sciences and civilizations
The `miracle' of applicability? The curious case of the simple harmonic oscillator
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The geometry of gauge fields
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Methods and applications of ultrametric and \(p\)-adic analysis: from wavelet theory to biophysics
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Quantum mechanics and the principle of least radix economy
Effects of a scalar scaling field on quantum mechanics
The evolution of the human mind and logic-mathematics structures
LOOKING FOR NEW PARADIGMS TOWARDS A BIOLOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF COMPLEX MULTICELLULAR SYSTEMS
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Bohmian mechanics in momentum representation and beyond
The definability of fields
An inferential conception of the application of mathematics
Black hole bombs and explosions: from astrophysics to particle physics
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Solving Wigner's mystery: the reasonable (though perhaps limited) effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences
Fuzzy Sets: Towards the Scientific Domestication of Imprecision
Univalent Foundations and the UniMath Library
Book review of: M. R. Schneider, Zwischen zwei Disziplinen. B. L. van der Waerden und die Entwicklung der Quantenmechanik
Variations on Enriques' `scientific philosophy'
On the influence of the mathematical description of physical phenomena on pure mathematics and Wigner's thesis.
New architectures for constructed complex systems
Outline of a dynamical inferential conception of the application of mathematics
Fundamentality, Effectiveness, and Objectivity of Gauge Symmetries
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The peculiar statistical mechanics of optimal learning machines
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Two-component feedback loops and deformed mechanics
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Simple Mathematical Models for Complex Industrial Processes
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Mean-field limits for quantum systems and nonlinear Gibbs measures
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Relational quantum mechanics and contextuality
Discussion of foundation of mathematics and quantum theory
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A correspondence principle
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Dynamical maps beyond Markovian regime

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