The Legacy of Ken Wilson

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2013/10/P10002zbMATH Open1456.81006arXiv1308.1785WikidataQ56018201 ScholiaQ56018201MaRDI QIDQ3301407FDOQ3301407

Authors: John L. Cardy 

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This is a brief account of the legacy of Ken Wilson in statistical physics, high energy physics, computing and education.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.1785

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Feynman diagrams (81T18) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) History of quantum theory (81-03) History of statistical mechanics (82-03)

Cites Work

• Kenneth Geddes Wilson, 1936–2013, an appreciation

Cited In (4)

• Ken Wilson -- The early years
• Kenneth G. Wilson: renormalized after-dinner anecdotes
• Biographical Memoir of Ken Case
• Conformal field theory at the lattice level: discrete complex analysis and Virasoro structure

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