Reifying mathematics? Prediction and symmetry classification

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2007.09.003MaRDI QIDQ652806zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sorin Bangu

Publication date 17 December 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.2007.09.003

zbMATH Keywords

predictionsymmetryparticle physicsmathematical classification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) History of quantum theory (81-03)

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