Is our mathematics natural? The case of equilibrium statistical mechanics

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-1988-15634-0zbMath0649.00028MaRDI QIDQ3794106

David Pierre Ruelle

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05)

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