Reifying mathematics? Prediction and symmetry classification

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2007.09.003zbMATH Open1228.81007OpenAlexW2064322955MaRDI QIDQ652806FDOQ652806

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

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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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