Less is different: emergence and reduction reconciled

DOI10.1007/s10701-010-9516-1zbMath1226.00034arXiv1106.0702OpenAlexW3103370408MaRDI QIDQ649888

Juan-Miguel Gracia

Publication date: 25 November 2011

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.0702

zbMATH Keywords

asymptoticsthermodynamic limitphase transitionsreductionfractalsemergencemethod of arbitrary functionssuperselection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Fractals (28A80) Methodology of mathematics (00A35) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Physics (00A79)

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