Are there category-theoretical explanations of physical phenomena?

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-30896-4_3MaRDI QIDQ3296108zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Krzysztof Wójtowicz

Publication date 6 July 2020

Published in Springer Proceedings in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30896-4_3

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Foundations, relations to logic and deductive systems (18A15)

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