Dirac and the dispensability of mathematics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2005.03.002MaRDI QIDQ640221zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Otávio Bueno

Publication date 17 October 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2005.03.002

zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicsDirac delta functionantimatterindispensability argumentapplication of mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of quantum theory (81-03)

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